*Update: Hambantota Mayor Eraj Fernando who was arrested over an assault incident in Bambalapitiya, released on Police bail
Hambantota Mayor Eraj Fernando has been arrested by the Bambalapitiya Police over an incident of assault.
Fernando is reported to have forcefully entered a plot of land on Kotalawala Avenue in Bambalapitiya on Tuesday night (14).
He had thereafter allegedly assaulted two security officials at the location, injuring the two men.
One of the injured officers attached to a private security firm had filed a complaint with the Bambalapitiya Police on the incident.
The officer had reported that Eraj Fernando had entered the premises for no reason and had verbally abused the two officers, after which he had assaulted them. (NewsWire)