The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a Police Constable on charges of maintaining the controversial Facebook page defaming mothers, ‘Ammalata Aasa Kollo’, which caused widespread outrage on social media.
The 27-year-old suspect was arrested after investigations were launched by the Social Media Crimes Investigation Unit of the CID following outcry on social media by the public.
The Police said that the individual was a trainee Police Constable and was recruited less than a year ago.
The suspect was serving at the Police Headquarters in Gampaha at the time of his arrest and has been identified as an unmarried individual.
Investigations have revealed that nearly 600 individuals were identified as registered members of the Facebook page. (Newswire)