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A sergeant attached to the Kilinochchi Police was hospitalised after he was assaulted with a bottle on the face by a drunken man outside the Kilinochchi Hospital this evening.
It was reported a team of police officers had been sent to the location where a group of men were drinking alcohol and behaving in an unruly manner.
When the police officers were attempting to disperse the crowd, a man had hit the sergeant with a bottle injuring his face.
The victim identified as Sergeant Samarawickrama is undergoing treatment at the Kilinochchi Hospital. (Romesh Madusanka)