Drunken driver claims he was an ex-LTTEer, threatens police

29 September 2016 01:04 pm

A drunken driver who had turned violent and abusive was injured when he was allegedly beaten by the Kilinochchi Police Traffic Branch OIC with a chain. The man is reported to have come to the Kilinochchi hospital claiming to have met with an accident had threatened the police officers on duty saying he was a former LTTE cadre and not scared of the police.

The suspect was arrested and admitted to the Kililnochchi Hospital by the police. He was later transferred to the Jaffna General Hospital.  (Situm Chaturanga)