It is reported that security forces have taken steps to provide special security in front of the schools and avenues of the Mannar district on information that some group is trying to abduct school children in the Mannar district.
Recently, a group of people who came in a van tried to abduct two school children by giving them some kind of food. At that time, the two students screamed and escaped from the crowd, and the van ran away after being scared of the locals.
It is stated that after the parents of these two students informed the Mannar Police and the school, the school principals, Mannar Police, Mannar Governor’s Office, Army, civil organizations held a discussion together and implemented a program to provide special security for the school children.
Accordingly, it is reported that the police and the army have been deployed for security in front of schools and roads in Mannaram.
Also, the school principals and teachers have informed the students that if they are walking to school and back home, they should not walk alone, but walk in groups, or walk with an adult at home.
It is reported that the identity of the people who came like this has not yet been identified, and extensive investigations are being conducted by the army and the police.