Sri Lankan police have reportedly arrested yet another Tamil man over the shooting of two police officers in Batticaloa, which took place in November last year.
The man, identified as 31-year-old George Niranjan, was arrested for perverting the course of justice, with regards to the police investigation of the shooting.
The arrest came after Niranjan reportedly denied he had any knowledge on the shooting, after police stated that he had initially said he was willing to provide information on the incident.
Last week a former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP for Batticaloa was subjected to over three hours of questioning by Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over Maaveerar Naal and the killings of the two police officers in the district.
Locals have accused Batticaloa police and CID officials from Colombo of using the killing of two police officers in the district as an excuse to harass and detain former LTTE cadres and political activists.
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