Five arrested over throwing tyre at J’pura student

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Five students of the Sri Jayawardenepura University including the main suspect had been taken into the custody over the incident where a first-year student was injured in a ragging incident.

They were arrested following an investigation by the Mirihana Police, Colombo South Crimes Division and the Special Investigation Unit.

The victim, 20-year-old Pasindu Hirushan, was admitted to the ICU at the National Hospital, Colombo after he was hit on the head with a tyre thrown at him by a group of senior students on March 5.

A Senior Police officer said that the main suspect who believed to have thrown the tyre at Pasindu were among the arrested.

Further investigations are being conducted under the instructions of Western Province Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon