{"id":64611,"date":"2021-05-14T17:06:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=64611"},"modified":"2021-05-14T17:06:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T17:06:41","slug":"police-round-up-unmasked-persons-in-public-spaces-in-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/police-round-up-unmasked-persons-in-public-spaces-in-colombo\/","title":{"rendered":"Police round up unmasked persons in public spaces in Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Police round up unmasked persons in public spaces in Colombo<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64612 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/plice.jpg\" alt=\"plice\" width=\"500\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Police:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/police-round-up-unmasked-persons-in-public-spaces-in-colombo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">With the alarming spike in Covid-19 infections across the country, Police on Friday launched an operation in Colombo to round up unmasked persons in public spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Police said that 85 people taken into custody were initially taken to the Bo-tree junction in Pettah, where DIG (Colombo Division) Jagath Chandrakumara, gave them a brief lecture on the risk of not adhering to health safety guidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">They are not only placing their lives on the line by ignoring corona preventive guidelines such as wearing a mask and maintaining physical distance, but also jeopardizing others by spreading the virus, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Police said that 85 persons taken into custody were later transported in buses to the Pettah police station, where they were granted police bail. They will have to appear in court when notified.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The operation was conducted under the supervision of DIG Jagath Chandrakumara, SSP (Colombo Central) Nishantha Chandrasekara, SSP (Colombo Central 1) Samarakoon Banda, Pettah Acting OIC Chief Inspector Abeyratne and Dam Street OIC Chief Inspector A. P. Paduruarachchi on the direction of senior DIG (Western Province) Deshabandu Tennakoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police round up unmasked persons in public spaces in Colombo Police:Island With the alarming spike in Covid-19 infections across the country, Police on Friday launched an operation in Colombo to round up unmasked persons in public spaces. 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