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Villagers mistake nighttime traveller, assaults him and releases video to social media
By Suranga Rajanayaka
Colombo, Sept. 8 (Daily Mirror) - An individual travelling from Colombo to Welimada who fell asleep in the bus had missed the destination and alighted from the bus at an unknown area, only to be severely assaulted by the villagers who mistook him for a robber. Having seen the video footage of him being assaulted released to social media, he had committed suicide.
The victim Ramachandran Puwaneswaran alias Murali (34), was a resident of Rothschild Estate in Pussellawa. Investigations revealed that his parents had died, and his only sister was living in another area. He had fallen asleep on the bus on his way to Rothschild Estate and got down at Ramboda area at about 2.00 am.
As the only resort, he had decided to go in search of a relative living in the Ramboda area, but unfortunately, he lost his way. When he tapped on a door seeking help, the occupants, under the impression that it was a thief had raised cries alerting the neighbours who rushed to the scene and assaulted the stranger.
The villagers who tied him to a tree and handed him over to the Kotmale Police.
Inquiries revealed that he was innocent and the police released him on police bail and handed him over to the relatives in the Rothschild Estate after a medical examination.
However, when the people who assaulted him had shared a video scene of the incident on social media, he had taken his life by hanging.
OIC Kotmale Police Vajira Ratnayake conducted investigations.
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