By Madura Ranwala

People of Bandagiriya in the Hambantota police area, who demanded clean drinking water yesterday morning by blocking the road between Tissamaharama and Matara for nearly four hours, were baton-charged by the police.

The angry crowd hurled stones at police and an SLTB bus that tried to move forward in the afternoon.

Twelve protesters arrested by the Police and they were to be produced before the Hambantota Magistrate yesterday.

Three police officers including OIC of the Hambantota police station had been injured and one of the injured police officers was being treated at the Hambantota hospital, the ASP said.

Courtesy:The Island