SI loses both ears during Weeraketiya clash! (Video)

Five police officers and two civilians who were injured during a clash in Weeraketiya were admitted to the Tangalle Base Hospital yesterday.

A group of officers of the Weeraketiya Police who were returning from an illegal liquor raid in Gonadeniya have searched several people who were near the road in Aththanaya.

During the search, an argument had taken place between two youths and police officers which had intensified into a clash.

The Weeraketiya Police said that a sub-inspector has lost both his ears after being bitten by someone who was involved in the clash.

The sub-inspector has been transferred to the Karapitiya Teaching Hospital.