23 November 2020 11:00 am
A 17 year-old youth was injured after he was shot at by a doctor with an air-rifle in Arrawwala, Pannipitiya yesterday afternoon, Police said.
They said the boy who had been playing cricket at the ground of the Arrawwala School had reportedly entered the suspect’s garden to collect the ball where he was shot at following an argument.
The boy was admitted to the Kalubowila Hospital.
The suspect, who is a doctor attached to the Maharagama Cancer Hospital, is to be produced in the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court today. (DSB)