Sri Lanka, Dec. 22 -- A detailed statement has been issued by the Police Media Division regarding reports of an alleged assault on a police officer by a group including Ratnapura District National People's Power (NPP) Member of Parliament Shantha Pathma Kumara Subasingha.

According to the statement, at around 8:40 p.m. on December 20, a police constable attached to the Sooriyakanda Police Station, who was returning home after completing his shift, lodged a complaint through the 119 emergency center to the Kolonna Police Station. According to the complaint, the police officer was assaulted by the NPP Member of Parliament and a group accompanying him near the Kalugala Temple and then had forcibly taken away his motorcycle.

The statement f...