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Police wants statement from videographer

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Police said today they had asked the man who videoed a woman being beaten by a policeman in Ratnapura to give a statement as he is wanted as a witness.

However, the Police said any individual had the right to video any incident.

The victim has still not made a statement to the police.

The Police had asked the woman who was assaulted by a policeman at the Ratnapura Bus Terminus to report at the police station to record here statement so that she could be referred to a medical checkup.

So far 15 statements from eyewitnesses have been recorded. Police Headquarters interdicted the Police Sergeant on September 29 after the video went viral on the internet last month.