Former Embilipitiya ASP arrested over death of youth

02 Feb, 2016

The former Embilipitiya Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) DWC Dharmaratna was arrested today over the death of a youth in?Embilipitiya recently.

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) was?ordered by the?Embilipitiya Magistrate last week to arrest the police officers allegedly involved in the incident which led to the death of a youth in?Embilipitiya recently.

The?Embilipitiya Magistrate has?issued instructions to arrest the?former ASP and the Headquarters Inspector (HQI) of Embilipitiya in relation to the incident.

The youth died following an?altercation with the police which took place when then police visited a?house where a party was taking place.

The police headquarters had later temporarily transferred 21 policemen over the incident. (Colombo Gazette)

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