The police said officers will be watching school vans parked in and around schools for criminal activities on the children.
Sri Lanka police will take measures to closely watch the vans transporting school children after rising incidents of sexual molestations of school children by the van drivers inside the vehicles have been reported.
The police said officers will be watching school vans parked in and around schools for criminal activities on the children.
In addition the Police Department has made it mandatory to have a female assistant in the van when transporting school children to ensure their safety.
School van owners have been informed of the regulation and the National Child Protection Authority are to bring about strict laws over the matter, the police said.
Over the past two weeks several incidents of sexual abuse on young school girls have been reported and van drivers were arrested.
In the latest incident at Mudukatuwa, Chilaw, a school van driver had molested a 12-year-old girl inside the school van. The driver was arrested and the van was taken into police custody, the police reported.
The recent wave of sexual crimes on young girls in Sri Lanka has alarmed the nation catching the attention of the media and the government is urged to take strict measures to curb the violence.
(CP)