Sri Lanka, Feb. 4 -- Four police officers including the officer-in-charge (OIC) of Weeraketiya Police Station, the Tangalle Crimes Division OIC, the Kamburupitiya Police Minor Offence Branch OIC and a Sergeant attached to the Mount Lavinia Police Station have been interdicted by the Acting IGP.

The officers in question have been interdicted following a case filed before court over the alleged torturing of a suspect in custody at the Malimbada Police Station in Matara, police said.

The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya today ordered to interdict the four police officers, including the OIC of Weeraketiya Police, who are out on bail.

This was in connection with the incident in which a young man named Dilshan ...