- Blood samples to be sent to GA
The Police Constable (PC) arrested in connection with the assault incident involving the National People’s Power (NPP) Ratnapura District Government Parliamentarian Shantha Pathma Kumara Subasingha, has been granted bail.
He was apprehended by officers attached to the Embilipitiya Divisional Investigation Investigation Bureau on several charges, including criminal intimidation.
Police earlier stated that a blood sample obtained from the PC allegedly assaulted by a group including Subasingha will be sent to the Government Analyst’s (GA) Department.
A detailed statement has been issued by the Police Media Division regarding reports of an alleged assault on a PC by a group including Subasingha. At around 8.40 p.m. on 20 December of this year (2025), a PC attached to the Sooriyakanda Police Station, who was returning home after completing his shift, lodged a complaint through the 119 emergency centre to the Kolonna Police Station. According to the complaint, the PC was assaulted by Subasingha and a group accompanying him near the Kalugala Temple and then had forcibly taken away his motorcycle. At around 10.10 p.m. the same day, Subasingha also filed a complaint with the Kolonna Police Station. He alleged that while traveling in a cab from Kalugala toward Halwinna, a PC attached to the Sooriyakanda Police Station blocked the road by placing his motorcycle across the path, stopped the cab and attempted to assault him. Additionally, the Police stated the PC’s motorcycle was found on the road near the Kalugala Temple and was taken into custody by the Kolonna Police. The concerned PC was first admitted to the Kolonna Base Hospital and later transferred to the Embilipitiya District General Hospital. Hospital clinical records note the presence of the smell of alcohol on the officer’s breath, according to the medical report. As no narcotic substances were detected in the officer’s urine samples, arrangements are currently being made to obtain blood samples and forward them to the GA’s Department to determine whether alcohol had been consumed. Further investigations into the alleged incident are being conducted by the Embilipitiya Divisional Crimes Investigation Bureau under the direct supervision of the Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of the Embilipitiya Division.