{"id":159066,"date":"2016-03-12T07:03:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T01:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159066"},"modified":"2016-03-13T01:55:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T20:25:59","slug":"as-crime-rate-increases-cid-takes-over-probe-of-charred-bodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/as-crime-rate-increases-cid-takes-over-probe-of-charred-bodies\/","title":{"rendered":"As Crime Rate Increases, CID Takes Over Probe Of Charred Bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-rise-of-the-underworld-the-future-of-good-governance\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">crime rate increasing dramatically<\/span><\/a> over the past few weeks following a spate of killings and shootings, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has been handed over the investigation to probe the most recent incident where several charred bodies were found inside a burnt van in Dankotuwa on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/as-crime-rate-increases-cid-takes-over-probe-of-charred-bodies\/burnt-van-in-dankotuwa\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-159076\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-159076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/burnt-van-in-Dankotuwa.jpg\" alt=\"burnt van in Dankotuwa\" width=\"640\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/burnt-van-in-Dankotuwa.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/burnt-van-in-Dankotuwa-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Inspector General of Police N. K. Illangakoon has handed over the investigation to the CID. the bodies were recovered in the van following a tip off given to the police emergency number.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile in another incident also on Friday, a 49 year old woman was killed and her husband critically injured, when a group of unidentified men shot at them in Sevanagala, Embilipitiya.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear if both incidents are related to the underworld. With the crime rate soaring over the past two weeks, President Maithripala Sirisena has ordered the IGP and the Army Commander to take necessary action to eliminate underworld activities which have spread across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":157854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>As Crime Rate Increases, CID Takes Over Probe Of Charred Bodies - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/as-crime-rate-increases-cid-takes-over-probe-of-charred-bodies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"As Crime Rate Increases, CID Takes Over Probe Of Charred Bodies - 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