Popular maths teacher further remanded over assault

29 Jul, 2019

A popular mathematics teacher has been further over an incident where a van driver was assaulted.

Dinesh Nuwan Amaratunga who was arrested and remanded together with seven others until today, has been ordered to be further remanded till 5th August.

The suspects had been arrested over the assault on a van driver in Kalagedihena.

The Police had been requested to investigate the incident where security officers of the maths teacher had assaulted the van driver.

The incident had been captured on video and was circulated on social media.

The Police later said that the Colombo Crimes Division had been instructed to investigate the incident.

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