The police sergeant, Prasanna Tissera, charged with assaulting a woman named ‘Batti’, opposite the Ratnapura Main Bus Terminal, has been reinstated since yesterday (12) on the orders of the Sabaragamuwa Province Senior DIG.
The said sergeant has been transferred from Ratnapura to the Awissawella Police. Two police teams investigated the assault whilst taking statements from over 15 witnesses.
Meanwhile, residents and monks of Ratnapura town too had protested demanding that Tissera be reinstated.
Ceylon Today