At least five inmates have been injured during the clash between two groups at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre. 

The Commissioner General of Rehabilitation Maj. Gen. Darshana Hettiarachchi said a tense situation continues at the center and that the police and army have been called in for assistance.

“Last night at the Kandakadu Rehabilitation Center, an argument between two people escalated into a clash between two groups and there was a tense situation. At that time, people from both sides threw stones at each other. They used objects in the environment to attack each other. Four or five people were injured.” 

“The police and the army came at night and the situation was controlled to some extent. However, riotous behavior is still happening in one section. However, the police and the army are checking around at this time. At that time, a group had escaped from there,” he said.

It was reported yesterday that around 50 inmates had escaped following a clash between two groups at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in Polonnaruwa last evening. 

A search operation had been launched to apprehend the escapees.

It was reported that a clash had broken out between two groups of inmates held at the Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center and that the police and army have been called in to control the situation.

Meanwhile it is also reported that several inmates who had escaped the Kandakadu Rehabilitation centre following a clash yesterday, have turned themselves in.