30.10.2008
Naththandiya Pradeshiya Sabha (local council) member of
the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance was brutally
murdered in a clash at Koswaththa in Naththandiya last
night.
Police
spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekara said the victim had been
identified as Mohamed Rishwan of Narawila, Naththandiya.
According
to the sources another member of the ruling party of same
Pradeshiya Sabha had allegedly assaulted the victim during
a clash on a road construction project.
He
was severely injured and later succumbed to his injuries
at the National Hospital in Colombo. Suspected Pradeshiya
Sabha member and two of his supporters have been arrested
by the police.
Courtesy - Lanka
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