Sexual assault in bus

6 September 2011 12:23 pm

A man who had allegedly sexually harassed a Japanese woman while she was travelling in a bus near Union Place, Colombo 2 was remanded till September 12 by the Colombo Fort Magistrate today.

The Japanese woman complaining to the Slave Island police, accused a person who stood beside her in the bus of touching her in an inappropriate manner.
 
She had further told police that she was a resident of Kammachi in Japan and arrived in Sri Lanka for a short holiday tour.

The suspect was produced before Magistrate Ms. Lanka Jayaratne, who ordered the suspect to be remanded till September 12.

The Slave Island police are conducting further investigations.(Lakmal Sooriyagoda)