A police officer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend using a sharp object in the Siyambalapearea in Sapugaskanda.

According to the police, the incident took place as their two-year long relationship had ended.

The-32-year old suspect is a police constable attached to the Peliyagoda Police, and is a resident of the Metigaththa area in Elhena, Matale .

The police added that the victim is a twenty-eight-year-old resident of the Pelengoda area in Meegahathenna, and works at a factory in Siyambalape.

The incident took place on the night of Saturday, December 19. The suspect is due to be produced before the Mahara Magistrate today.

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