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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

A Police Constable Was Shot And Injured At Kataragama

A Police Constable attached to the

Intelligence unit of Tangalle Police was shot and injured by an unidentified group of gunmen arrived in Three Wheeler at Kataragama area last morning (21).

The Injured Police Constable was admitted to the Kataragama District Hospital for treatment and transferred to the Debarawewa hospital and later to Karapitiya Teaching Hospital for further treatment.

The gun shooting incident occurred while the Constable was on the way to work it has been revealed.

However Police Media Spokesman SP Ruwan Gunasekare has told yesterday that the Gun shooting incident occurred due to a personal conflict.

Fifty Three Tea Factories Identified As Mixing Sugar To Tea Powder

Fifty three Tea factories in the island

have been identified as illegally mixing sugar to Tea powder in aim of increasing weight of the Tea bags during an investigation held in this regard according to Minister Of Plantations Navin Dassanayake.

Minister has stated that he will hold talks with the Relevant Tea factory owners and advised theme to stop this action and if they are not responding positively to this request a stern action will be taken against them .

There's a threat of growing fungus in Tea powder as a result of mixing Sugar to it it has been revealed.