Archives and evidence room of Balapitiya High courts broken into

The archives and evidence room of the Balapitiya High courts, where some 300-500 confidential documents related to court cases were kept, has been broken into, sources said.

Police said that there were around 300-500 confidential documents related to court cases at the time of the robbery.

A court official said there had been some documents connected to cases of murder, rape and theft in the room.

Details regarding the amount of missing documents were yet to be revealed. (Kamal Sri Liyanage)