Southern Provincial Councilor M.K.Kasun and his wife were remanded till 13, by Kaduwela Magistrate today (10) for assaulting a private bus driver at Koswatte yesterday (09).
They were arrested by the Thalangama Police yesterday, after the duo assaulted a bus driver who was driving a Route 177 bus that plies between Kaduwela and Kollupitiya.
The Provincial councilor and his wife have stopped the bus at the Talangama-Koswatte junction and have assaulted the driver.
The incident was captured on camera by a person in a bus at the Talangama-Koswatte junction.
The video shows Kasun attacking the bus driver along with his wife who is seen brandishing a pistol and threatening the victim.
The reason for the assault has not yet been ascertained.
Further investigations into the incident are being carried out by Thalangama Police.
