10 August 2018 05:52 pm
The 57-year-old councillor is a resident of Kallapadu, Mullaitivu-North.
Police said the councillor had damaged the Mullaitivu Fisheries Inspection Office during a protest held against the use of illegal netting.
The councillor was to be produced in the Mullaitivu Magistrate’s Court. (Thilanka Kanakarathna)