A group of persons have been arrested by the Kandy Police on the instructions of SSP Sudath Masinghe in charge of the Kandy Division for sexually harassing school children in public toilets in Kandy.
SSP Sudath Masinghe was informed by a group of students who had been sexually harassed by a group of students studying in Kandy schools and students who were coming to the city to attend tuition classes when they went to public toilets for their physical needs. Six people were arrested.
According to information received from the abused students, the suspects were apprehended by a team of plainclothes police officers near public toilets. Among those arrested was a teacher and his wife, a teacher.