Thu, May 23, 2013, 07:45 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
May 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Minister of Public Relations Mervyn Silva came under media attention again as his same party opponent and Chairman of Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha Prasanna Ranaweera was assaulted this morning.
The local administrator was assaulted in Kiribathgoda town this morning when he was engaged in decorating the town for upcoming Vesak festival. He was admitted to the Kiribathgoda Hospital and later transferred to the Ragama Hospital
However, his condition is not serious, hospital sources said.
A group of supporters of the attacked Chairman of Kelaniya Pradeshiya Sabha held a protest demonstration in front of the hospital accusing that the Minister Mervin Silva was behind the assault.
Meanwhile, another member of the ruling coalition who is accused of engaging in a brawl with the Chairman of the local council has also admitted himself into the Kiribathgoda hospital. He had said the Chairman assaulted him.