‘Raththaran’ arrested

5 August 2012 09:42 am

UNP Southern Provincial Council member Krishantha Pushpakumara alias ‘Raththaran’ was taken into custody today for allegedly disrupting the duty of traffic policemen in the Thalgampala area in Yakkalamulla.

The PC member had allegedly disrupted the duty of the policemen who had been diverting traffic to another location as it created a massive traffic jam along the Udugama-Yakkalamulla main road on Saturday. They were attending a wedding when the policemen had demanded the driving licence from the driver of another PC member. It is at this point that Mr. Pushpakumara had intervened.

He was arrested by the Akmeemana police on the directive of Galle SSP Vaas Gunawardena. (Supun Dias)