A police officer has been hospitalised after a suspect bit his hand in Munneswaram, Chilaw.

The Office of the Police Media Spokesperson said that an individual has been behaving in an indecent manner at a musical show at around 11 on the night of Monday June 29.

When the officer had taken measures to apprehend the suspect, he had bitten the officer’s hand. The suspect was later arrested and is alsi receiving treatment in hospital under police protection. Police are conducting further investigations.

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