Kinniya Municipal Council chairman arrested

Sri Lanka Police says that the Chairman of the Kinniya Urban Council has been arrested over the incident of a passenger ferry capsizing in the Kuringankerni lagoon in Kinniya, Trincomalee.

 

Police had yesterday also arrested the owner and the two operators of the ferry which had capsized on Tuesday morning, claiming the lives of six persons including three children.

 

Police have launched an investigation into the incident, following which the owner and the two operators of the ferry were arrested yesterday.

 

The governor had also directed the DIG in charge of the Trincomalee District to carry out a special police investigation into the incident.