A driver who deliberately knocked down a Police Constable when he was directed to submit his driving license for inspection on the Havelock Road in the Bambalapitiya police area has been arrested and remanded, Police said today (31).
The vehicle heading from the Thunmulla junction towards Kirulapone had been halted near the Vajira road junction on December 29.
However, when the policeman stretched his hand for the licenses the driver had put up the shutter and driven the vehicle forward with the constable’s hand caught in the shutter. He had driven the vehicle forward and deliberately brushed against another parked vehicle and the policeman had fallen down.
He had left behind the police constable and escaped from the scene. The injured police constable was admitted to hospital.
The driver had surrendered to police later and the vehicle was taken into custody.
The suspect, a 40-year-old person from Colombo 13 has been remanded and is being charged for attempted murder.
Police has released the video of the incident.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne to announced to the Parliament regarding the vacant seat created in Parliament due to the resignation of Mohamed Sali Naleem from his position as a Member of Parliament.
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