Sri Lanka, Jan. 28 -- A Kalutara Municipal Council member who assaulted a person during a protest staged by a group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) activists in the Kalutara town under the leadership of former Minister Ajith P. Perera this evening (28) has been arrested by the Kalutara South Headquarters Police.

Kalutara Municipal Councilor Jayanath Navaratne has been arrested in this manner.

The assaulted person, who was traveling by motorcycle on the road, had reportedly stopped his motorcycle in front of the protesters and asked "whether there are still fools" attending such protests in the present.

The municipal councillor, who was angered by this, is said to have carried out this assault.

The victim of this assault, a youth from ...