It is the duty of the police, not the Army, to curb the crimes, he has told Neth News.

He blamed the increase in crime in Jaffna to a comparatively higher level of freedom being enjoyed by its people.

The top military officer, speaking at a media briefing in Jaffna, also said all the displaed in the peninsula would be resettled by June next year.

Thirty one displaced camps presently house 3,388 people, he added.