Six arrested in Kattankudy violence

by Ranil Wijayapala

After a relatively calm and quiet post-election period, Police on Saturday arrested six people in Kattankudy on election-related violence that broke out on Friday(21) night when supporters of the UPFA national list MP, A.H.M. Hisbulla, attacked supporters of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), police said.

Police spokesman, ASP Ruwan Gunasekara told the Sunday Observer, Kattankudy Police received three complaints from the SLMC supporters about an assault, a threatening incident and about damaging glasses of a shop an act of mischief after the incident that broke out on Friday evening.

“The incidents had taken place around 7 pm on Friday,” ASP Gunasekara said. Three people were admitted to the Batticaloa hospital with minor injuries after being allegedly assaulted by a group of Hisbulla supporters, he said. According to other sources, the incident has occurred when the supporters of MP elect Hisbulla started celebrating his appointment by lighting firecrackers.