Ensure safety of IDPs valuables

Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has directed the police to take immediate measures to protect valuables such as jewellery and cash of Internally Displaced Persons. A large number of IDPs have brought their valuables along with them to the camps. To ensure the safety of the IDPs valuables, the Defence Secretary has instructed the police to ensure the safety of the IDPs belongings.

DIG Northern Range Nimal Lewke said that a special police awareness program to educate people not to keep their jewellery and money with them commenced a few weeks ago under the direction of the Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. The DIG said that Tamils in the North had refrained from keeping their jewellery and money in banks through fear of the LTTE as the Tigers insisted that they deposit their cash and jewellery in LTTE banks.

He said that extortionist gangs from Tamil political groups had relieved innocent Tamils of their cash and valuables. Read more ...