COLOMBO: Police arrested a man in Habaraduwa, Meepe, in Homagama for forcing his wife and children to watch pornographic videos at his residence.
Lanka Mirror reports that the suspect is employed in a university as laboratory assistant.
He was caught red-handed while watching a porn video in the living room when the police made the arrest. He was heavily drunk at the time of arrest.
The police confiscated VCDs, DVDs and the DVD player that he used.
Police investigations reveal he assaulted his wife and son on most days when they refused to give him company.
In fact, one of his two daughters was living in another home Habaraduwa due to his weird obsession.
Women drinkers on the rise in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Number of women in Sri Lanka who consume alcohol has increased. There has been a significant increase in the percentage since 2009, according to a recent study.
The survey was conducted among Columbo’s working women, Shashreeka Abeysinghe, Investment Analyst TKS Research told the Business Times.
Abeysinghe said growth in tourism, increased income, changing perceptions and returning migrants are the key catalysts for medium term industry growth. “Expensive imported liquor gives a competitive edge for local liquor brands based on ‘kick for buck’,” she said, noting that beer, clear spirits with fruity flavours are the trendy drinks among youth.
The Sri Lankan liquor sector is set to grow by about 5 per cent year on year in 2012-15. Local liquor brands are to grow at 3 per cent and beer and foreign brands at 6-7 per cent year on year in terms of volume, Abeysinghe added.
The country’s per capita consumption stands at 6.3 litres for beer and 10.5 litres for hard liquor prevalence of an illicit market which is of the same size as the legal market is a major challenge for local liquor manufacturers. “Even though the illicit market is expected to shrink with per capita income rising, heavy excise duties would slow down the shift (to the legal liquor),” Abeysinghe said.
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