UPFA Provincal Councilor Kamal Indika, who allegedly carried out the attack on artistes in Kurunegala two days ago, has surrendered to Police this morning.

Speaking to Asian Mirror, a senior Police officer in the Kurunegala District said the UPFA PC member surrendered to Gokarella Police.

The collective of artistes yesterday held a press conference in Colombo – where they released some pictures of the incident. In those pictures, the UPFA Provincial Councilor was seen assaulting artistes. The attack was carried out when the artistes, who represented the organization ‘Aluth Parapura”, tried to hold a peaceful rally in Kumbukgate, Kurunegala.  

Holding a press conference yesterday, nearly 300 artistes who gathered in Colombo urged the Police to take action against  the culprits.

The incident occurreUPFAd on the same day Bollywood starts Salman Khan and Jacqueline Ferandez arrived in Sri Lanka.

Several artistes, including Samanali Fonseka and Indrachapa Liyanage were hospitalized following the incident.