Sri Lanka, Oct. 31 -- Three police officers attached to the Negombo Divisional Criminal Investigation Department violated the fundamental rights of a jewellery businessman from Kuliyapitiya by subjecting him to physical assault, harassment, and unlawful detention during a police investigation, the Supreme Court ruled.

The three officers were ordered by the court to personally pay Rs. 100,000 each, amounting to Rs. 300,000, as compensation to the businessman.

A three-judge bench comprising Justices A.L. Shiran Gooneratne, Mahinda Samayawardhena, and Menaka Wijesundera delivered the ruling.

Sahul Hameed Sashek, also known as Shaul Hameed Mohamed Sufaik, a jewellery shop owner in Kuliyapitiya, filed the fundamental rights petition.

The b...