Dambulla Police OIC Sampath Wickremaratne urged all local government election (LG) candidates to refrain from distributing liquor at their party offices during the election period, yesterday. Since the announcement of the local government elections, all candidates had extended their support to maintain peace in the Dambulla Police Division, but information on holding liquor dansel at party offices have been received by the Police Intelligence Unit.
Dambulla Police has taken measures to hold special awareness seminars for all candidates with regard to this, OIC Wickremaratne said.