Activist Senadhi Guruge remanded for assault on intel officers

by Zulfick Farzan 25-08-2022 | 1:40 PM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Activist Senadhi Guruge who was arrested for abducting and assaulting two Sri Lanka Army personnel remanded until the 2nd of September 2022, by the Fort Magistrate's Court on Thursday (25).

The Joint Convenor of the Aragalaya National Movement Senadhi Guruge was arrested by the Colombo Central Crimes Investigations Division on Wednesday (24) down Vauxhall street while returning from the Fort Magistrate's Court.

Guruge was a frontline activist at the Occupy Galle Face protest site.

Fort Magistrate Thilina Gamage ordered for the suspect to be produced in an identification parade on 2nd September 2022, and ordered to conceal his identity when produced in court.

Sri Lanka Police informed the court that the suspect was arrested based on the investigations carried out into the incident where two Sri Lanka Army Intelligence Personnel were abducted from the Occupy Galle Face protest site on the 12th of June 2022, and assaulted and detained against their will.