Police officer drowns in attempt to arrest suspect

23 November 2023 03:40 pm Views - 1811

By P.H.P. Perera

JAELA (Daily Mirror) - A police officer attached to the Ja-Ela police fell into a canal and drowned during his attempt to arrest a suspect who had escaped custody.

Police said the suspect had escaped custody and jumped into the  Ja-ela canal when the police officers were taking him to the police jeep to be produced before the court. 

The suspect from Bodhirajarama Road in Jaela had been arrested for possessing heroin.

A senior police official said when the suspect in handcuffs had escaped from custody and jumped into the nearby canal, PC 99033 Krishnamurthi Piradasan (26) had given chase and jumped into the canal to arrest the suspect, but had drowned during the attempt. He said other police officers had managed to arrest the suspect.

OIC Ja-ela police Chaminda Edirisuriya is conducting further investigations.