A tense situation was prevailed in Kahawatta a short while ago, when a group of people from Kotakethana arrived at Kahawatta in protest over the court decision to acquit the three accused, who were charged with the killing of two women at Kotakethana in 2012.

The people protested blocking the Embilipitiya- Ratnapura Main Road, Police Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara said. 

He said the Police had deployed STF personnel and water cannon to control the crowd. (Darshana Sanjeewa)