Trishaw driver who made sexual gestures to woman remanded

19 March 2019 05:41 pm

A trishaw driver who had made sexual gestures to a woman who was driving a car on March 15, was remanded till April 1, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara told the Daily Mirror today.

He said the trishaw driver was arrested under the Section 345 of the Penal Code which stipulates that whosoever, by assault or use of criminal force, sexually harasses another person, or by the use of words or actions, causes sexual annoyance or harassment to any other person commits the offence of sexual harassment and shall on conviction be punished.

“The suspect had surrendered to the Bambalapitiya Police through a lawyer and was remanded after being produced in the Aluthkade Magistrate‘s Court,” SP Gunasekara said. “The suspect is a resident of Galaha, Deltota.”

The woman driver had posted a video on social media. (Sheain Fernandopulle)

Video by Prasanna