• The officer had been measuring an accident on the road using tape and two youth riding a motorcycle had gone past at speed dragging the tape for nearly 500 yards

By Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya

A traffic policeman attached to the Eravur Police has been interdicted over assault of two youths in Eravur after a video went viral on social media.

Video footage shared by Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam shows a traffic cop assaulting two youth riding a motorcycle in Eravur.

“Police Brutality continues in Batticaloa and will fall on the deaf ears of Minister Sarath Weerasekara,” the MP tweeted.
Responding to the MP Rasamanickam, the Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara said the officer involved in the incident had been interdicted.

The minister informed the MP that the incident took place when the traffic police officer was inquiring about a road accident.

The officer had been measuring an accident on the road using tape and two youth riding a motorcycle had gone past at speed dragging the tape for nearly 500 yards without stopping.

The police officer had then pursued the youth on his motorcycle and had caught them and assaulted them unmercifully.

Minister Weerasekara said the Police officer had no right to assault the youth and therefore he will be charged.