Report called on motorcycle procession in Puttalam

Acting IGP - C.D. Wickremeratne has called on the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) of the North-Western Province (NWP) to submit a report on illegal motorcycle processions reported in the Puttalam district.

The Acting IGP has called for the report to ascertain whether the law was enforced on the candidate and his supporters who engaged in the illegal motorcycle procession.

Recently, social media was all in uproar after Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Puttalam District candidate Sanath Nishantha Perera was reported as the candidate involved in this incident.

Photos and footage had emerged of Sanath Nishantha along with his supporters using motorcycles without a registered licence plate and helmets as part of his election campaign.