Eravur Police Assault : Cop interdicted & arrested

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police said the Police Contable caught on camera assaulting a two youth in Eravur on Friday (22) night was interdicted and arrested.

According to the Police Spokesperson the police officers in question and his parter were noting down information of an accident that had taken place in the area and were in the process of noting down the measures of the scene.

The Police Spokesperson said that all vehicles had stopped to allow the police officers to carry out their duty of reporting the accident, however, a motorcycle with two people had attempted to cross the scene at that moment.

"It was then that the assault had taken place," said the Police Spokesperson adding that the Police Constable in question will be produced in court on Saturday (23).

Police Brutality continues in Batticaloa and will fall on the deaf years of @ReAdSarath pic.twitter.com/eX9ApSsNBH

— Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam (@ShanakiyanR) October 22, 2021