Valachchhenai Magistrate’s Court ordered today, April 24, the arrest of three other suspects involved in the attack of two journalists who went to report on the alcohol distillery that is being built in the Kalkudah area in Batticaloa.

Two journalists were attacked on March 21,  when they went to report on the alcohol distillery that is being constructed in the Veembu area in Kumburumulai, Kalkudah.

The case on this incident was taken up before Valachchenei Magistrate A. C. Rizvan on Monday, April 24.

Two suspects who were arrested in connection to the incident and later released on bail were produced before Court today, April 24. As per the case filed on the attack, there were five suspects involved in the incident. The Magistrate questioned the police as to why the suspects were not arrested.

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