Sri Lanka, Aug. 16 -- A former member of the Seethawaka Pradeshiya Sabha who was arrested for allegedly threatening, verbally abusing and assaulting police officers at the Padukka Police Station while protesting the arrest of a motorist involved in a car accident, has been remanded until August 29.

He was ordered remanded by the Homagama Magistrate who visited the arrested suspect at the Homagama Base Hospital, where he is receiving treatment under police custody.

The incident had occurred last evening (15), after a three-wheeler and a car had collided in the Mawathagama area of Padukka. Following the accident, Padukka police officers arrested the driver of the car, which was also taken into police custody.

However, a former United Nat...