COLOMBO (News 1st) – The acting Police OIC of the Kopai police has been arrested on suspicion for assaulting a journalist.

The suspect was arrested over a complaint made by the said journalist alleging that the OIC assaulted him when he was investigating an incident where a bus and two motorbikes were set on fire in Kokuvil.

The arrested OIC was released on a surety bail of Rs. 50,000 after he was produced before the Jaffna Magistrate.

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