A Police Sergeant who was shot while trying to apprehend a suspect in the Malwathu Hiripitiya area, has succumbed to his injuries while being treated at the Colombo National Hospital.
A scuffle had broken out during an attempt by a team of officers from the Malwathu Hiripitiya Police Station to apprehend a suspect in the Batepola area in the early hours of Saturday (10) while the suspect had attempted to grab the firearm of the police officer during the incident.
The firearm had then discharged injuring the police officer in question while the suspect had then fled with the officer’s service firearm.
The injured Police Sergeant, a 51-year-old resident of Ihala Lunugama, had been admitted to the Gampola Hospital while he was later transferred to the Colombo National Hospital.
Meanwhile the suspect and a female who had aided and abetted the suspect to remain in hiding, have been arrested by Police Special Task Force (STF) during a raid at Bingiriya last night (11), police said.
The revolver belonging to the Police Sergeant, three 9mm bullets and the three-wheeler used by the suspect have also been taken into custody.
