Palitha Thewarapperuma, Internal Affairs and Wayamba Development Deputy Minister, has broken a leg in a daring chase where he nabbed two cattle rustlers and saved the lives of six oxen stolen from a dairy farm at Yatadola in Matugama on Saturday night.

The Deputy Minister has handed over the cattle and the suspects to the Matugama police reported The Island.

On Saturday night farmer Lal Ranjith Gamage found that three cattle from his farm had gone missing and phoned the deputy minister and informed the latter of the theft.

Deputy Minister Thevarapperuma with some of his supporters chased the lorry transporting the stolen cattle.

Meanwhile, Minister has called the Beruwala police and the police provided the minister with a sergeant to chase the lorry.

The Minister running after one of the suspects fell into a pit and one of his legs broke but his supporters found the lorry parked at an abattoir on Arabi Road in Beruwala.

The very animated Deputy Minister carries a legacy regarding such incidents.