Colombo Chief Magistrate remanded a traffic police constable of Slave Island Police till August 19 for allegedly snatching a gold chain and a gold pendant of a pedestrian at Ward Place Colombo 7.
Cinnamon Gardens Police produced the suspect Wellage Roshan Indunil Silva of the Traffic Police of Slave Island and complained to the Magistrate Rashmi Singappuli that the suspect had snatched the gold chain and a gold pendent worth Rs 90,000 from its owner Rajapaksa Pathiranalage Somanayake Manjula of Pasgammana Buthpitiya Weliveriya on August 16 at ward Place Colombo.
The police said at the time of the incident the victim had visited a patient at the General Hospital. After the visit at Ward Place bus stand the suspect had snatching the gold chain and pendent that the complainant wore and fled away. When the victim raised cries the bystanders had chased the suspect and apprehended him.
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