29 April 2024 04:54 pm Views - 664
By Shane Seneviratne
The 42 year old prisoner from Gampola had been fround guilty of robbery and sentenced to five years imprisonment in 2022.
A spokesman for the hospital said the prisoner had developed inflammation in his stomach and he would undergo a scan.
The prisoner told police that two prison officers had taken him to a room and assaulted him while questioning whether he had a mobile phone with him and that he pulled down a fluorescent tube light in the room and had swallowed it in pieces.
Balagolla police are conducting further investigations.