Rakwana tense
A large number of estate workers in five estates engaged in an agitation in Rakwana town for the second day today (22nd) protesting against an incident of sexually abusing a 16 year old girl of Delwin Estate at Rakwana. Workers in estates in Hatton, Bogawanthalawa and Maskeliya too are keeping away from work on instructions of the CWC and are carrying out protest campaigns to protest against the incident say reports.
The girl residing at Delwin Estate has been sexually abused while she was returning from a relative’s house on the 20th. Rakwana Police say the suspect had taken the girl to an abandoned house and abused her. The suspect, also a resident of the area, has fled the area after the incident. Estate workers say the suspect is being protected by a businessman and the police refrain from arresting him.
Residents in the area carried out an agitation in Rakwana town yesterday demanding the police to arrest the suspect.