Two youths who sexually harassed several young women, including a mother and daughter, who were on a private bus plying from Nawalapitiya to Colombo, have been handed over to the police by local residents and passengers.
These two youths were caught by the passengers and local residents of the bus and tied to trees while they were fleeing after attacking the conductor of the bus.
This incident took place at around 9.30 am today (07) near the color signal near the Kirillawala Expressway entrance in Kadawatha.
Two youths who boarded the bus on the way started touching the bodies of several young women who were travelling in the bus. Although the young women protested and moved to other seats, the two youths also went to that seat and started touching the young women. The bus conductor objected to this and after stopping the bus near the Kadawatha traffic lights, they attacked the conductor and fled.
At that point, the passengers of the bus and the local residents chased the two suspects and caught them in a paddy field near the exercise yard near the expressway, beat them up and tied them to a tree.
The two suspects were later arrested by the Kadawatha police. The conductor who was beaten up has been admitted to the hospital.