Srilanka, Feb. 20 -- Chief Government Whip, Health and Mass Media Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa assured in Parliament yesterday that the Government is taking serious action to address the rise in crimes including the daily occurrence of shootings in the country and have already taken several measures to address the issue.

The Minister said that the Government will not permit the underworld activities to rise and will implement extremely strict measures to curb the serious issue. He said that these criminals are linked with the underworld, black money, drug trafficking and many other areas and that many of those who operate these criminal activities in Sri Lanka are living overseas. He further said that probes have revealed that even so...