Assault on bus driver; PC Councillor, wife re-remanded

Southern Provincial Councillor M.K Kasun and wife Tharaka Perera, who were arrested on charges of assaulting a private bus driver at Koswatta, were remanded till April 03 by Kaduwela Additional Magistrate Prasanna Alwis today.

The couple allegedly assaulted the driver accusing him of blocking the way of the PC member’s vehicle at the Koswatta Junction in Battaramulla.

A video circulating on the social media showed Tharaka Perera brandishing a pistol and assaulting the bus driver. (Irangi Edirisinghe)