The man who claimed to be the ex-lover of the 28-year-old abducted female schoolteacher surrendered to the Urubokka Police along with the abducted teacher on Tuesday evening.

The suspect surrendered to police through an attorney and was taken into custody.

The teacher had been referred to a medical examination.

The teacher, a resident of Puwakgahahena in Mawarala, had been abducted by an unknown gang in a white van on Monday morning. Urubokka Police launched an investigation and located the van used for the abduction in Embilipitiya and took its owner into custody.

Police said five individuals were involved in the abduction.

While surrendering to the police the teacher had claimed that she went with her ex-lover with her consent. But later she had divulged to the police that her former lover had taken her by force, ASP Gunasekara said.