It is reported that when the door of the Galagedara Magistrate’s Court cell was opened, a person who allegedly tried to strangle and kill a lawyer who was present for proceedings jumped out of it and was arrested by the police and prison officers at that moment.
The concerned lawyer who was strangulated has been admitted to the Kandy National Hospital for medical treatment.
A 30-year-old resident of Kaluwana, Kandy has been arrested.
He was arrested by the Galagedara Police on suspicion of possessing 760 milligrams of ganja and presented before the Galagedara Magistrate Court.