Police search for PS member over assault of construction worker
July 22, 2013 04:29 pm
Police have begun
investigations to apprehend a group including a Biyagama Pradeshiya Sabha
member over the assault of a construction site worker in Sapugaskanda.
The PS member and
five others had visited a construction site on Samurdhi Mawatha in Sapugaskanda
yesterday (July 21) where they had demanded the construction permits from the
workers.
One of the bulldozer
drivers had then had a heated exchange of words with the group after which he
was brutally assaulted by the group with poles, police stated.
Two of the suspects
were arrested by the police and presented to the Mahara courts today (22).
The police stated
that they are taking steps to arrest the rest of the group including the PS
member who was involved in the assault while the victim is currently receiving
treatment at the Colombo national hospital.
