Tear gas row: Rights commission seeks police report

COLOMBO: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has informed the IGP to provide a report within 24 hours regarding the incident where the Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protestors at Union Place in Colombo yesterday, despite a court order not being issued preventing such protests.

Issuing a statement, the HRCSL said its attention has been directed towards the incident where around 28 persons were injured after police had fired tear gas and water cannons at a protest march organized by the National People’s Power (NPP), in the vicinity of Union Place in Colombo, despite a court order not being issued preventing a protest march in that area.

Accordingly, the commission noted that it has initiated an immediate investigation regarding the incident while the Inspector General of Police has been notified to submit a full report on the aforementioned incident within 24 hours.