17- year-old detainee dies in police cell

A 17-year-old youth who was arrested yesterday by the police has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a police cell at the Pettah police station early this morning, Police said.

They said the youth, a resident of Haputale, was arrested yesterday morning at the Bastian Mawatha for possessing cannabis.

He was found hanging himself inside the police cell with the T-shirt he was wearing early this morning, the Police said.

The body is lying at the Colombo National Hospital mortuary.

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