It is reported that a police constable was suspended for not recording the complaint of a person who came to Mawathagama police saying that his son was attacking his daughter-in-law.
This police constable was on duty on the night of the 17th when an elderly man came to the police station to file a complaint saying that his son was brutally beating his daughter-in-law, and the suspected police constable refused to record the complaint.
According to a complaint received regarding this incident, it is stated that the Mawathagama Superintendent of Police has suspended the concerned constable.