An individual was reported dead after being found with assault injuries near Mahawila Lane in Dematagoda last evening.

According to the Police, the victim who had been assaulted by a group had been found by the Police mobile patrol unit, based on information received by the Dematagoda Police. 

The Police had admitted the victim to the Colombo National Hospital, after which he had succumbed to injuries.

Preliminary investigations have found that the deceased was a person of no permanent residence and had been staying near the flyover.

The investigations further reveal that the victim had been assaulted with a wooden pole by a group of people. 

The Dematagoda Police has launched further investigations to apprehend the suspects involved in the incident. (Newswire)

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Six students from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura have been arrested on charges of assaulting and threatening a fellow student, Police said.

The arrests followed a complaint lodged with the Homagama Police, alleging that a third-year student from the Faculty of Technology was assaulted with helmets on April 29.

The students appeared at the Homagama Police Station on Tuesday, May 6, where they were taken into custody.

The suspects, residents of Kirindiwela, Delgoda, Buttala, Kuliyapitiya and Kalankuttiya, are 22, 23 and 24 years old, Police said. (Newswire)

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The eleven teenagers who were arrested in connection with the death of a fellow schoolboy in the Welagedara Police Division have been produced in court, with some underage boys being sent to juvenile detention centres and two others being remanded. 

A group of teenagers had physically assaulted a fellow schoolboy over a personal dispute on April 16. The boy who sustained serious injuries died on 22 April while receiving treatment at the Kurunegala Hospital.

The Police said three suspects who were arrested on the day of the assault were produced before the court and were sent to juvenile detention centres, as they were below the age of 18.

The remaining eight suspects were produced before the Pilessa Magistrate’s Court yesterday, after which two suspects were remanded until 29 April. 

The court ordered the remaining six suspects to be sent to juvenile detention centres as they were all underage. 

The eight suspects are to be produced for an identification parade on 29 April. The Mawathgama Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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Eleven teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a schoolboy, who was beaten with helmets.

Police said the suspects were taken into custody last night (22) in the Arapola Kanda area within the Weligedara Police Division.

The arrests were made by a team of officers from the Mawathagama Police Station.

According to police, the suspects are aged between 15 and 18 and are residents of Arapola Kanda and Ambakotte areas, and are fellow school students of the victim.

The incident occurred on April 16 in the Heavenpola area of the Weligedara Police Division, where a group of boys allegedly attacked another boy by punching and kicking him and using helmets, over a personal dispute.

The victim, who sustained serious injuries, was admitted to the Kurunegala Hospital and later succumbed to his injuries yesterday.

The deceased has been identified as a 16-year-old resident of Sakareliya Watta, Hevenpola.

The body has been placed at the Kurunegala Hospital morgue while further investigations are being conducted by the Mawathagama and Weligedara Police. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Police has warned that action will be taken against any persons obstructing the official duties of a Police officer in uniform, referring to a recent incident in Trincomalee. 

Police Spokesman SSP Buddhika Manatunga said a video has been widely circulated on social media showing a group obstructing the duties of a Police officer.

He said the incident had taken place in the Nilaveli area in Trincomalee yesterday (31 Mar) when action was being taken regarding a traffic incident.

“A group of 10 persons were seen obstructing the duties of the Police officers and later assaulting them. Obstructing the duties of a Police officer is a punishable offence,” he said. 

SSP Buddhika Manatunga said the chief suspect involved in the incident has been arrested and remanded after being produced in court.

He further stated that even though the other suspects have fled the area, investigations are underway to arrest and produce them in court.

The Police Spokesman said that stringent action will be taken against those found to be obstructing the duties of Police officers in the future. (Newswire)

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Police investigations have been launched into the incident of a 14-year-old girl being tied to a utility pole and being assaulted over allegations of theft in Vadamarachchi East in the Northern Province.

According to media reports, the child had faced the incident when she had visited a shop in the Kudathani Porpathi area on Sunday (23 Mar).

The owner of the shop had accused the child of stealing a sweet, after which she had proceeded to tie the girl to a utility pole and assault her. 

The injured child had been admitted to the Point Pedro Hospital following the incident. 

Following an examination of the injuries, the Judicial Medical Officer of Maruthankerny had instructed the Police to initiate legal action against the suspect involved in the incident. 

Upon visiting the accused’s house, the Police found it to be locked, after which they informed the woman of the investigation via telephone. (Newswire)

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Video footage has emerged of a Matara-Galle bus being obstructed on the road and the driver being beaten. 

According to the video, a lorry is seen obstructing the bus in the middle of the road. Thereafter, the lorry driver is seen verbally arguing with the bus driver and then resorting to assaulting the driver.

Several more persons are also seen entering the bus through the driver’s door and front entrance, proceeding to attack the driver. 

Passengers and the conductor had diffused the tension, following which the bus had been taken to the nearest Police Station with the passengers.

It is reported that private bus employees working on the Matara-Galle route had resorted to a silent protest over the incident. (Newswire)

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A school principal from Polonnaruwa who had assaulted and caused injuries to the ear of a student sitting for the GCE Ordinary Level Examination this year has been placed under remand custody until 11 March 2025.

Hingurakgoda Acting Magistrate Nalaka Mihira Bandara issued the order, during which he also instructed the Medirigiriya Police to submit the Judicial Medical Officer’s report on the student.

The judge also ordered the Medirigiriya Police to submit a progress report on the investigations conducted into the incident. (Newswire)

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Three suspects have been arrested in connection to the assault of a teenager, based on a video of the incident which had been widely circulated on social media recently.

Based on the video footage, the Sri Lanka Police had launched an investigation, identifying that the incident had occurred in Kegalle. 

Investigations by the Kegalle Police had led to the arrest of three youths, aged 16 and 17 years.

According to the Police, the suspects include two teenagers who had carried out the assault and another who had recorded the incident. 

The teenager injured in the incident is reported to have been discharged after receiving treatment.

The Kegalle Police is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate’s Court has issued a notice to the OIC of the Dematagoda Police on allegations of stripping naked and brutally assaulting an individual.

The notice was issued based on a complaint claiming that a driver of a three-wheeler had been apprehended and detained for 07 days without being produced in court, during which he had been stripped naked and beaten by the Police officer.

The lawyer representing the victim informed the court that the victim had been requested for hire via a telephone call and had arrived in Dematagoda on 02 January.

A group of persons in civil attire had then threatened him with a firearm and taken him to the Dematagoda Police Station, where he had been questioned about the body of a woman found in a garbage dump, and was later brutally assaulted. 

The court was further informed that the Police officials had produced the victim in court on 09 January and had misled the court by claiming that he was an individual who had fallen from a vehicle. 

After being released by the court based on the Police facts, the victim had been admitted to the hospital, receiving treatment until 18 January.

The court was also informed that the Police officers had threatened the victim that they would plant drugs in his vehicle and file a case against him if he filed a complaint against them.

The lawyers had also informed the court that the victim’s sister had filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka claiming that her brother’s fundamental rights had been violated through the incident. (Newswire)

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Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who was arrested over the assault of a neighbour, has been granted bail by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court. 

The victim, a 66-year-old man, sustained severe facial injuries, including a fractured nose, after being struck with a plastic pipe during an altercation over a boundary wall dispute on Cemetery Road, Thalapathpitiya, Nugegoda.

The assault, which occurred on January 9, was captured on a CCTV camera installed at the premises.

Udayanga Weeratunga was arrested by the Mirihana Police the following day and produced before the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court, where he was ordered to be remanded until today. (Newswire)

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Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga has been arrested on allegations of assault.

According to the Police, Udayanga Weeratunga was arrested by the Mirihana Police today.

He has been arrested on allegations of assaulting a neighbour.

The Police said the Mirihana Police had received a complaint yesterday with regard to the assault.

Based on investigations conducted into the complaint, Udayanga Weeratunga was taken into Police custody this morning. (Newswire)

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Six suspects who were arrested in connection to the robbery and asault of a driver of a private vehicle rental service in the Dambulla area, have been remanded. 

The Police said the suspects had been arrested by officials of the Dambulla Police Station on Sunday. 

The suspects are aged between 41 and 55 years old and are residents of Dambulla. 

Preliminary investigations reveal that the driver had obtained a hire via the company’s online service to transport a passenger from Dambulla to the Katunayake Airport on 04 January 2025.

After having arrived at Dambulla Town and picking up the passenger, the driver had been assaulted by a group warning him not to accept hires from Dambulla.

The group had also stolen Rs. 87,000 in cash and a pair of spectacles worth Rs. 15,000 from the suspect. 

The suspects who were produced before the Dambulla Magistrate’s Court have been remanded until 08 January 2025. (Newswire)

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A 17-year-old boy was reported dead after being assaulted by a group of persons in the Mahawela area last evening. 

The Mahawela Police said the victim, who had sustained serious injuries in the assault, had died after being admitted to the Matale Hospital. 

Preliminary investigations reveal that the victim had been assaulted by a group of persons who had used iron rods and motorcycle helmets in the attack. 

A 55-year-old man from the Mahawela area has been arrested along with the objects used in the attack.

Meanwhile, the Mahawela Police has launched investigations to apprehend the other suspects wanted over the murder. (Newswire)

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The rugby encounters scheduled for this week under the Schools Rugby League 2024 have been postponed due to a decision by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Referees (SLSRFR) to abstain from officiating matches for the next two weeks.

The SLSRFR has decided to abstain from officiating matches of the Schools Rugby League 2024 until July 15, 2024.

The decision has been taken over the incident that occurred on June 30 following the game between Science College and S. Thomas’, where the referees had allegedly been assaulted by Science College supporters. 

The Sri Lanka Schools’ Rugby Football Association (SLSRFA) has launched an independent investigation into the incident, alongside the ongoing investigations underway by the Mount Lavinia Police.

The SLSRFA has also expressed its unconditional apology to the SLSRFR and has requested the match officials to reconsider their decision which has resulted in the suspension of the Schools ‘A’ Division League Rugby tournaments. (Newswire)

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Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha has withdrawn the Police complaint filed against fellow party member MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage, accusing the latter of physical assault at the Presidential Secretariat. 

It is reported that MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha had withdrawn his Police complaint on Monday (July 01). 

The two SLPP members had reportedly clashed during the ruling party meeting on June 03, following which Gunathilaka Rajapaksha’s son had filed a complaint with the Colombo-Fort Police claiming that MP Aluthgamage had assaulted his father during the party meeting.

At the time, it was reported that MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha had sustained a serious injury to his leg and had to be subjected to surgery for over 4 hours.

The Police had also recorded statements from other SLPP MPs who had witnessed the incident, but they are reported to have said they had not witnessed such a scene. 

Meanwhile, commenting on the incident MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage had claimed that he had not assaulted MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha, but the latter had fallen down the stairs. 

MP Aluthgamage had also warned of initiating legal action against MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha for having made false allegations against him. (Newswire)

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Former Provincial Councillor Nauzer Fowzie, son of MP A.H.M. Fowzie, has been arrested over an alleged incident of assault following a traffic incident.

The Police said Nauzer Fowzie was arrested today for allegedly assaulting a person in Colpetty after a traffic incident involving his vehicle.

However, the former Provincial Councillor has been released on police bail. (Newswire)

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A serving UK Metropolitan Police officer who assaulted an innocent man of Sri Lankan origin after mistaking him for a criminal has been spared jail.

PC Jonathan Marsh, 34, had been called out to Atlanta Boulevard in Romford, east London, on 13 November 2022 after a medical worker reported someone was damaging a sign outside and making threats to kill.

Marsh mistook Rasike Attanayake, who had called 999, for the suspect and bundled him to the ground before punching him in the back of the head.

Mr Attanayake was arrested and put in the back of a police car until officers realised their mistake and he was de-arrested.

Police-worn bodycam footage played to the court showed Marsh pulling Mr Attanayake to the floor, swearing at him and punching him in the back of the head.

After the incident, he complained to the Met Police and the force referred the case to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for them to investigate.

Marsh had denied common assault but was found guilty at City of London magistrates’ court.

He was sentenced to 12 weeks’ imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.

He was also to pay Mr Attanayake £1,500 in compensation and a standard surcharge of £154.

The court heard that Marsh had no prior convictions and had received a number of positive character references.

District judge Annabel Pilling described his actions as “disgusting and unwarranted”. She told the court: “I accept it was out of character and you lost self-control.

“As a police officer, you were in a position of significant responsibility. (These actions) will reduce trust and confidence in the police.”

Speaking after the trial, father-of-two Mr Attanayake, 42, originally from Sri Lanka, said the incident had left him with both psychological and physical damage.

He said: “I play cricket as a bowler, but I have been unable to play because of issues I now have with my shoulder. It will get better but I have missed two seasons already.

“Psychologically, I now get triggered by alarms and people in uniforms. I have been a law-abiding citizen since I have lived in the UK.”

Mr Attanayake also confirmed he was yet to receive an apology from the Metropolitan Police, and claimed he had instead been told the incident was a case of “mistaken identity”.

On Monday’s sentencing, he said: “There has been justice and this shows the resilience of our legal system. No one is above the law.

“This has dented my trust in local police and I believe more training is needed for these type of incidents.

“But I have no grudge against (Marsh) and have no bad feeling for police. Has there been justice? Absolutely.”

IOPC regional director Charmaine Arbouin said: “Police officers may only use force when it is necessary, proportionate, and reasonable in the circumstances.

“There was no policing purpose or justification for the officer to strike the man, who posed no genuine risk.

“The shopkeeper was a law-abiding member of the public who had called the police to report a crime when he became a victim of mistaken identity.

“We appreciate cases of mistaken identity can happen, however Pc Marsh made no attempt to establish the facts and the situation escalated quickly when he immediately used unnecessary force on the man who posed no threat to him or his colleague.

“Now Pc Marsh has a conviction against his name.” (The Independent)

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Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has accused Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Rohitha Abeygunawardena of attempting to assault him in the Parliamentary complex today.

Raising a privilege issue in Parliament, MP Shanakiyan said that the incident had occurred at the Prime Minister’s Office at the Parliamentary complex when he went to meet the Prime Minister concerning an issue in his Batticaloa constituency.

“Stating that I speak against the government, MP Abeygunawardena questioned how I can enter their Prime Minister’s Office. He further challenged me to walk out to the lift, after I had insisted that the Prime Minister was for the entire nation,” he explained. 

The Batticaloa District MP further said that MP Abeygunawardena had insinuated that he could not enter the PM’s Office as he was a Tamil politician. 

He said that State Minister Ashoka Priyantha had prevented MP Abeygunawardena from assaulting him, which was also witnessed by the staff at the PM’s Office.

MP Shanakiyan requested the matter to be raised before the Parliament Ethics and Privileges Committee, adding that in the event it is not raised, he will be forced to file a Police complaint as this incident was a threat to his life. (NewsWire)

I have alerted the speaker of this incident today. This is not the first time where I have been threatened by SLPP members . The parliament privileges committee has failed to investigate and take action against on previous instances and it has now reached to a point of assault https://t.co/5tAwfSxUoj pic.twitter.com/qIveijsqC9

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Six senior students of the Sabaragamuwa University who were arrested over an assault incident have been remanded. 

The students were remanded until tomorrow (Feb 15) after being produced before the Balangoda Magistrate’s Court today.

The students were arrested today for having assaulted three students, including a female, studying in the second year of the Faculty of Agriculture.

According to the Samanalawewa Police, the senior students had assaulted the three students in the university canteen last week (Feb 09), after which they had been hospitalised.

Seven students who had been previously arrested and remanded were further remanded till tomorrow after being produced before the Balangoda Magistrate’s Court. (NewsWire)

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