It is reported that a police constable driver on a Pulsar type motorcycle tried to break the gold necklace of a woman traveling on a motorcycle at night in Madala area and after handing him over to a group of North Kalutara police officers, he was arrested on suspicion.
It is said that the constable who was arrested on suspicion is attached to Baduraliya Police Station and is a resident of Waskaduwa Police Domain.
The police constable has also taken the motorcycle that came to break the necklace into police custody.
A police team from the North Kalutara Police’s Criminal Investigation Division is conducting further investigations into the incident.