IGP ordered to compensate commuter assaulted during protest
The Colombo District Court yesterday ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the government to pay a sum of Rs 50,000 as compensation to a train commuter who was injured after being assaulted by police during a protest at the Colombo Fort Railway Station in 2014.
Duminda Hapuarachchi of Gampaha had filed a case with the court seeking suitable compensation as he was assaulted and injured without cause at the Fort railway station, while returning home from work, by po