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Thevarapperuma hospitalized following assault

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UNP candidate Palitha Thevarapperuma was hospitalized after he was allegedly assaulted by a group of people at Wekandala in Mathugama, Police said.

They said he was assaulted after an argument with some individuals of a company which had undertaken a project to lay water pipes at Wekandala in Mathugama.

The former MP was admitted to the Nagoda Hospital with injuries to his leg. (Bimal Shyaman)