A team of Nuwara Eliya Police officers arrested a Colombo University law student on suspicion of assaulting a Police Inspector attached to the Nuwara Eliya Police Station who intervened to resolve a dispute between two groups.
Police said the 25-year-old law student is a resident of Makola.Police said that the police inspector who was allegedly assaulted is being treated at the Nuwara-Eliya Hospital.
The IP was on his way to have dinner in civilian clothes and is said to have intervened to resolve a dispute at a restaurant.
There some persons involved in the dispute had attacked the police officer and fled.
However, security officers of the restaurant had arrested one suspect, the law student involved in the incident and had handed him over to the police. The suspect is to be produced in court.
Monday, April 24, 2023 – 01:00