Nawalapitiya SJB organiser arrested over assault on NPP supporter

26 September 2024 02:03 pm Views - 4255

By Ranjith Rajapaksa

Colombo, September 26 (Daily Mirror)- Nawalapitiya Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) organiser Sasanga Sampath Sanjeewa was arrested for allegedly assaulting a National People’s Power (NPP) supporter on September 21.

The suspect was granted bail on two sureties of Rs. 200,000 each by the Nawalapitiya Magistrate.

Organiser Sasanka Sampath Sanjeewa had allegedly assaulted a nurse attached to the Nawalapitiya Hospital.

He was arrested earlier for allegedly threatening and assaulting an NPP supporter who had refused to accept a handbill distributed by the SJB organiser.