Vijitha remanded

13 August 2010 03:39 am

Democratic National Alliance (DNA) MPs Vijitha Herath and Ajith Kumara, who were arrested last evening over charges of assaulting police officers in Galle, have been remanded till next week.

The police charged that the two Parliamentarians assaulted the policemen after arriving at the Galle police station last evening to secure the release of four protesters who were taken into custody by the police during the clash which erupted in Galle yesterday.

The two MPs were later arrested for assaulting the police officers. (Daily Mirror online)