5 December 2016 09:53 am
The boy appeared to be around ten years, according to the pictures published in the Daily Mirror on Saturday.
The Matale Police said that the officer concerned was a retired Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police and a resident of Dambulla.
Residents of the Matale town who had seen the officer taking out the boy from the boot of his vehicle, which had been parked near the Matale clock tower on Friday and had alerted journalists, who in turn had hid inside a trishaw and captured the officer returning with the boy, who was carrying some bags.
The retired DIG then had stuffed the boy into the boot of the vehicle again. (M.W.Somarathne)