Sri Lanka, Sept. 15 -- The Polonnaruwa High Courts which heard a case related to the death of a hotel manager due to Police assault during a raid in 2004, sentenced three Police officers who were then in the Polonnaruwa Divisional Anti-Corruption Unit to seven years of rigorous imprisonment on Friday.

In addition to the prison sentence, Court has also imposed a fine of Rs.15,000 each on the three individuals and if the fine is not paid, a sentence of one year of imprisonment with light labour has also been imposed.

The then Polonnaruwa Divisional Anti-Corruption Unit OIC had also been charged, but he had died by the time the verdict was announced.

The Police state that two of the three other police officers who were sentenced to prison...