Maradana Police have commenced an investigation into the dying of a suspect arrested by the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) and the harm of a police officer.
On 10 January, the PNB arrested a suspect in possession of virtually 15 grams of heroin near the Nationwide Vocational Teaching Institute in Narahenpita, who later revealed that he had obtained the medication from a resident of Maradana.
The arrestee, acknowledged as Samantha Preethi Kumara, a 42-year-old resident of Hikkaduwa, had requested the officers who had arrested him for some water whereas being transported to the Maradana Police Station, and had subsequently broken the glass bottle, and injured a police constable accompanying him, the Police Media Unit reported.
Every the suspect and the injured officer have been admitted to the Colombo Nationwide Hospital, the place the arrestee was later pronounced ineffective.
The deceased was moreover reportedly an in depth affiliate of underworld decide ‘Podi Lassi’, based mostly on police.
The postmortem was carried out last evening, whereas the Maradana Police has moreover commenced a specific investigation into the matter.
Within the meantime, the mother of the deceased claimed that her son did not abuse narcotics of any type, together with that she suspected foul-play by the Police.
