Three Kandy students get Rs. 3 Mn bail in assault case

Three 14-year-old students were arrested on Tuesday (31) by Police investigating an incident in which a group of Grade Nine students of a main school in Katugastota had put a sheet over the head of a student and brutally assaulted him.

The injured student was admitted to a private hospital in Kandy by his parents and treated. The doctor who treated the student had inquired about the assault and informed the parents to file a complaint with the Police.

It is learned that the assault in question had taken place on the day the school ended its second term. The Police say that the father of one of the students who had allegedly attacked the injured student had agreed to pay the costs of treatment at the private hospital.

Investigations have revealed that the parents of the student who was assaulted had delayed filing a complaint with Police due to this.

The three 14-year-old students arrested on suspicion are residents of Wattegama, Kondadeniya and Mawilmada areas. After being produced at the Kandy Additional Magistrate’s Court, the Additional Magistrate had taken steps to release the three students on bail of Rs.1 million each, a total of three million rupees. The Additional Magistrate had also ordered the student suspects to appear in Court again on December 5. It has been learned that no action had been taken by the school regarding the related incident.

There had been a conflict between two groups of students in this school, prior to this incident and eight students had been arrested by Police and produced in Court.

Information has been revealed that other students too had been involved in this attack and investigations are being conducted under the direction of Chief Inspector R.D. Rajapaksa, Officer-In-Charge of the Katugastota Police.

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