Jaffna police collect details of government vehicles

[TamilNet, Thursday, 13 November 2003, 00:20 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Police in Jaffna have started collecting information on vehicles now in the possession of government departments and other state institutions in the Jaffna district, official sources said.

The police have requested the heads of government departments in the Jaffna district to furnish details of all vehicles they possess for official use without delay, sources said.

In some instances, some Police officials had gone personally to selected local government institutions and instructed their heads to submit detailed statement of vehicles in their custody immediately, sources said.

Meanwhile, local government officials said the Police have not taken any steps to recover official vehicles removed by the members of the Eelam People’s Democratic Party, when they were in power in some of the local government bodies before the bodies were dissolved last year with the expiry of their life term. Local government officials have already lodged complaints in this regard, sources said.