Sri Lanka, March 19 -- The past few years has seen a spike in serious criminal activity in our country. Statistics reveal that in 2021 alone, 522 murders were reported. More recently between 2024 and the first few months of this year, 66 persons were killed in over 100 incidents reported across the country.
Of these, 13 deaths occurred in organised crime-related shootings involving the underworld over the last three months alone. Police have reportedly arrested more than 50 suspects in connection with these murders and recovered 20 T-56 firearms during investigations.
During the past month two sensational events overtook this country. First we witnessed the brazen killing of an underworld gangster in the well of Court. Despite law office...