A Police Constable has died after being run over by a tipper truck during a sting operation conducted to investigate illegal sand mining in the Haathalawa area in Kobeigane around midnight yesterday.
Police spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said a five- member Police team had attempted to stop a tipper truck plying from the Deduru-Oya on a tip off, but the vehicle had run over the Police constable and fled the area.
The injured officer, who is a 32-year-old father of two from Rasnayakapura, had died after being admitted to the Nikaweratiya hospital.
DIG Ajith Rohana said the driver of the tipper truck has been identified and two Police teams have been appointed to apprehend him and to conduct investigations into the incident.
The Police will present facts on the incident to the Nikaweratiya Court today following which the post mortem and autopsy into the death of the Police Constable will be conducted. (NewsWire)