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A case was reported of a police officer who unfortunately died having got caught to a surge of water when he had tried to rescue those living in houses in Galmuruwa, Madampe during the torrential rains that came down during the past few days.

At the moment when two persons of the team of policemen who searched for houses in Galmuruwa area that had gone under water and were making and effort to close in on the crowd who were

This silent corpse of this particular police officer who took action to save the lives of those people was recovered by a team of navy personnel last morning (27) at a distance of about 200 metres away from the spot where he had disappeared. It was police constable Dilan Sampath, a resident of Malgamuwa in Giriulla who was attached to Madampe police station, thus not paying heed to his own life. Inspector General of Police yesterday (27) took steps to  posthumously promote the constable yesterday for who having given over his life in an effort to rescue a family who were cordoned by water.

The water level of Galmuruwa, Madampe had been rapidly rising at 11.30 in the morning of last twenty fifth and on a call received that a crowd including children were trapped in a number of houses in this area, the Puttalam district secretary who promptly went into action pledged that he would see that the rescue team of Sri Lanka Navy Force would be dispatched within half hour. By that time officers of Madampe Disaster Management Unit were on their way towards this location while Madampe police too had already arrived on the scene.

The police officer in charge, Mr. Wasantha Kumara who visited the place first of all made arrangements to notify relevant units concerned about the situation in Galwala area in Galmuruwa and thereby two police officers had travelled to the area where the victims were. CCTV cameras nearby has recorded both of them moving towards the said location.

Mrs. P. Shanthi Kumari of Galwala area in Galmuruwa who was an eye witness to this incident had this to say: "Within the space of a few minutes the waters suddenly kept increasing. There was no elderly male either in the house. I became helpless with my two girls and boy. I grasped the phone ... gave a call to the owner of the land and told her that the waters were on the increase and there was no way to go. It was she who dialled everyone around the place and informed them. We really saw these two police officers approaching us. One of them came swimming with no problem at all while the other one remained back. At once he disappeared and then came to the surface and disappeared again. There was nothing at all that we could do. I was actually absolutely left helpless with the three children. This happened because this police officer came to our rescue".

Police constable Dilan Sampath has joined Sri Lanka Police Service in the year 2009 and has been in service in the capacity of an Intelligence Service officer at Matara, Deniyaya, Wennappuwa, Chilaw and finally with  Madampe police station.

This police hero Dilan Sampath had been competent in sports even from his small age and the boost he got in water polo in Ma Oya which flows from Giriulla which is his village and swimming actually stood him in good stead which was a reason as far as for him to enlist with the police service. Dilan Sampath has even been a member of the police cricket team and is popular as someone who displayed a talent in developing public relationships as well. For this very reason instructions were given by higher ups to enlist him with the police intelligence force. Dilan though serving the police force had an innocent heart as that of a small child and is known as someone whose heart would melt in the case of a tragedy to anybody for that matter, it is learned. Dilan lost his life because of this very reason.

Prasad Poornamal of Chilaw

Miss England 2017 and a group of other dazzling bevies arrived here in Sri Lanka with the idea of enjoying a pleasurable trip. But these beauties having understood the disaster situation over here had kept aside their dreams of the tour and instead had joined hands with Sarvodaya Movement and having visited its headquarters had volunteered in

What is focused upon at large these days within the social media from a number of photographs which go to say the manner in which a crowd of Kilinochchi HNB bank private employees commemorating the 18th as the day on which the war which ended. A poster titled 'Remembering the Tamil genocide May 18 War Crimes Day' also was exchanged in the process.

While Army leaders of Kilinochchi were engaged in commemorating the war victory at another

Though the international diaspora of Tiger supporters happen to call May 18th as as a day of war crimes and stick to that opinion, it is portrayed in this dialogue that action is being taken to make murderous terrorists as heroes by hiding behind reconciliation when representatives of the government are trying to correct that incorrect view that it is not befitting to do so. Another idea is that Prabhakaran who placed the Tiger movement on a pedestal had in the 1980s was someone who looted banks for the purpose of collecting monies for the LTTE but that law was not enforced in that respect. 

In the instance of Tiger commemoration the said bank officers had lit candles in front of photographs of security officers and had commemorated LTTE during office hours against which higher authorities of HNB had taken action, it is reported. Thus the manager has been subjected to transfer, it is reported.

Inquiries are underway already with regard to an incident of a 12 year old boy detained in Weli oya police being abused by a police officer.

In this instance the boy has said that he was arrested by Weli oya police last 8th accused for having stolen some roofing sheets and thereafter he was detained at the police station that night until he was to be produced before Padaviya

After the child confirmed to  probation officers that a police officer had abused him sexually he had been promptly directed to Anuradhapura division child and women's bureau for further investigation. Consequently the police child and women's bureau had secured statements at length from the child concerned and it was thus revealed that he had been subjected to serious sexual abuse.

Examiners probing the incident have said that some suspicion has cropped up as to whether this sort of crime could occur when this child who was detained at Weli oya police was under supervision of a woman constable on the night of the said incident. The senior superintendent of police has informed that if at all some crime has taken place within the police station, he would not hesitate to take action against the officers concerned. Further inquiries are underway in this regard.

Johann Peries was successful in achieving the honour of being the second Sri Lankan who attempted to climb Everest mountain yesterday (22). He had got close to the apex of the mountain at five fifty five last morning, Nepal time thus being victorious in his attempt to scale mount Everest which was 8,848 metres (29,029 feet)

His initial attempt to scale mount Everest in the month of April in the year two thousand sixteen. Though he accompanied the first Sri Lankan to scale mount Everest, Jayanthi Kuru Uthumpala, he was compelled to discourage him from proceeding further when just 448 metres away from reaching the top of mount Everest due to a lack of oxygen. Whatever it is, Johann attempted his second attempt in scaling mount Everest and a large number of Sri Lankans happened to make cash donations. Someone who launches an attempt to climb mount Everest is supposed to incur an expenditure of dollars five thousand eight hundred and sixty approximately, it is understood. Incidentally on this occasion he has joined in making this effort to climb mount Everest as a member of a group of international guides in mountaineering.

Johann Peries who by profession is a hairdresser conducts 3 such salons in Sri Lanka and also 1 such centre in London too, it is learned. Johann has had a liking for outdoor life and even from his childhood he had displayed an interest towards mountaineering and information is received to the effect that he had scaled Knuckles mountain range with his father. Johan has climbed Pidurutalagala, Kirigalpoththa, Thotapola and such mountains of a high altitude in Sri Lanka and in addition has further scaled Chiang Mai mountain to the north of Thailand Burma border. He has also scaled mountain Kayah State in 2007 in proximity to it, mountain Kalapattar, Summit of Island Peak mountain in Nepal in 2012, mount Kilimanjaro of Tanzaniya and mount Luang Prabang of Laos in the year two thousand fifteen. After his first effort to climb Everest, he managed to make a success of his next attempt. In fact he has successfully achieved this risky attempt by all the same engraving Sri Lanka's name on an international level.

With the onset of torrential rains that fall down for a number of days, levels of Maussakele and Castlereigh reservoir keep rising.

Engineers in charge of both Maussakele and Castlereigh reservoirs have mentioned that these reservoirs have reached a height of spill level of 41,09 and 14.04 feet by six this morning. Because of

As a result of continuous rainfall throughout 24 hours, in certain areas where these reservoirs are have become active and water levels of branches of Kelani river keep rising. Photos of water levels of Maussakele reservoir rising and Lakshapana and waterfalls of Sri Pada reserve becoming active are seen below