A Sri Lankan youth who had eloped with an underage Japanese girl and had married the woman in Sri Lanka has been arrested along with her in the Mudhukatuwa area in Marawila.
The couple was to be produced before the Negombo Magistrate’s Court today, while the woman is reported to be pregnant and nearly five months into her pregnancy.
The mother of the woman had filed a complaint with the Sri Lanka Police in March this year, stating that a Sri Lankan man had abducted the girl. The Japanese Embassy in Sri Lanka had thereafter informed Sri Lankan Government officials in this regard.
The Kochchikade Police said the couple had eloped to Sri Lanka after the girl’s mother had objected to the love affair.
The Sri Lankan is reported to have travelled to Japan for education purposes and had engaged in a romantic relationship with the Japanese woman while working at her residence.
The youth had thereafter eloped to Sri Lanka with the consent of his lover following objections raised by her mother.
They were arrested by the Kochchikade Police from the Mudhukatuwa area yesterday (25) based on a tip off. (NewsWire)