Police yet to trace Dr. Dewasiri’s assaulters

Police yet to trace Dr. Dewasiri’s assaulters

May 2, 2015   06:14 pm

The police are yet to disclose the unidentified mob that attacked Dr. Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri during a May Day rally held at the Lalith Athulathmudali Ground in Kirulapone on Friday (1) evening.

Police Spokesperson ASP Ruwan Gunasekara told Ada Derana that a police team has launched an investigation in connection with the incident. 

Dewasiri, who served as the Chairman of the Federation of University Teachers Associations (FUTA) from 2012-2014, was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital following the attack with minor injuries.

Dewasiri has been discharged from the hospital this morning (2), a hospital source told Ada Derana.

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