Sri Lanka, Nov. 16 -- A 25-year-old individual, a father of one, has been arrested on charges of an attempted sexual assault of a foreign national woman in the Thirukkovil area, after a video of the incident was widely circulated on social media.

The arrest was made today (16) during a special search operation carried out in the Marandamadu area of Kalmunai by the Officer-in-Charge (OIC) of the Thirukkovil Police and a team of officers.

Police report that the suspect, a father of one, had been living with his wife in several rented houses in the Thirukkovil area. Following the circulation of a video clip showing the incident on social media, a post claiming that the suspect was a chickpea vendor in Thirukkovil began spreading online, pr...