The principal of Urubokka Central College was taken into police custody over an assault by him on a student in the same school.
The principal was arrested after a complaint was lodged by the student’s parents to police.
It was found that the principal had allegedly attacked the school boy in a very brutal manner.The victim school boy is to sit for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level Exam this year.
The principal is alleged to have attacked the child due to him ignoring his order to cut his long hair. The child is receiving treatment at the Government Hospital in Heegoda.
The Principal was remanded till November 7 after he was produced at the Morawaka Magistrate’s Courts.