Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha has accused fellow party member MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage of physically assaulting him at the Presidential Secretariat, following which he had required surgery.
Addressing the media, MP Rajapaksha refuted claims by MP Aluthgamage that the former had fallen down the stairs.
Stating that he was nowhere near the staircase at the time, MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha revealed that he had fallen after being continuously physically assaulted by MP Aluthgamage.
MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha further said that the Police are yet to take action in this regard, adding that MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage must be taken into custody and produced in courts.
“I have the Judicial Medical Officer’s report. I also received information from the Police that other MPs who had witnessed the incident had claimed that they had not witnessed the incident. The MPs who were there know what happened. There is CCTV footage which can prove my claims,” he said.
MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha added that he intends to make a statement in Parliament soon on the incident.
It was reported that MP Gunathilaka Rajapaksha had sustained a serious injury to his leg and had to be subjected to surgery for over 4 hours after having been allegedly assaulted during a brawl with MP Mahindananda Aluthgamage last week.
The two SLPP members had reportedly clashed during the ruling party meeting held on Monday (June 03), following which Gunathilaka Rajapaksha’s son had filed a complaint with the Colombo-Fort Police claiming that MP Aluthgamage had assaulted his father during the party meeting. (Newswire)