A UPFA Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha member was arrested on Sunday by the Kandana Police on charges of molesting a
teenage girl at a wedding ceremony, held on December  10 down Uswatte Road in Kandana.

The minister had handed himself over to the police after which he was taken in to police custody. The Police Media Unit stated that the suspect is expected to be presented at the Magistrate’s Court in Negombo.

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