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Special police unit for religious incidents
Feb 09, 201305:17 PM
The Police Department is set to launch a special operations unit handle complaints regarding religious incidents in the country, in the wake of a visible increase of such incidents.
Steps were taken to establish the unit in order to prevent the difficulties faced when reporting certain incidents against religions to police stations, police spokesman SSP Prishantha Jayakody said.
He stated that the unit will commence around-the-clock operations from tomorrow (09) and that any complaints regarding disturbances or troubles involving a certain religion can be informed to the special operations unit via the 24-hour hotlines - 0113 182 904, 0113 188 75 and fax number: 0112 423 944.
