Policemen arrested for shooting at lorry driver remanded till July 24

 

The two Policemen indicted and arrested for open firing at a lorry driver transporting sand illegally was remanded till July 24, by the Point Pedro Magistrate a short while ago.

The twenty-four-year-old lorry driver, Yogaraja Dinesh was killed in the incident.

The Policemen shot at the lorry driver who did not heed the Police order to stop at the checkpoint in Point Pedro.

The alleged Policemen had attempted to stop the vehicle by shooting at the tyres.

Following this incident, it was reported that the people of the area had behaved in an unruly manner attacking Police vehicles, including a Police jeep belonging to the Point Pedro Police Station.

Besides that, people attempted to pelt stones at the Point Pedro Police station.

A special Police team from Jaffna was deployed to disperse people behaving in an unruly manner. 

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