N’Eliya Dy Mayor barred from leaving country
August 23, 2013 05:46 pm
The Nuwara Eliya Magistrate’s Court today issued an order preventing the Deputy Mayor of Nuwara Eliya Tissa Seneviratne, who is charged with child abuse, from leaving the country.
The order was issued by the Magistrate after considering a request made by the plaintiff when the case filed by the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) was taken up today.
The NCPA had requested for an order preventing the Deputy Mayor, who is absconding after court issued an open warrant for his arrest, from leaving the country and that a copy of it be forwarded to the national intelligence chief as well as to the Immigration Controllers of both airports.
Seneviratne is accused of physically abusing five underage children over the past 2 years, Police reported earlier.
The order was issued by the Magistrate after considering a request made by the plaintiff when the case filed by the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) was taken up today.
The NCPA had requested for an order preventing the Deputy Mayor, who is absconding after court issued an open warrant for his arrest, from leaving the country and that a copy of it be forwarded to the national intelligence chief as well as to the Immigration Controllers of both airports.
Seneviratne is accused of physically abusing five underage children over the past 2 years, Police reported earlier.
