Seven PNB officers remanded over death of vocational trainer

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The seven personnel of the Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB), including a Sub-Inspector, who were arrested over the death of a Vocational
Sub-Inspector, a Sergeant and five Constables attached to the PNB were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) this
afternoon (09 June) over the death of A.G
Samantha Preethi Kumara, a father of two from Hikkaduwa.Kumara was arrested by the PNB on 10 January near the National Vocational Training
Institute in Narahenpita while in possession of 15 grams of heroin.He had then reportedly acted impulsively while being interrogated,
injuring a police officer with a broken glass bottle during the altercation, Police said.Both the suspect and the injured officer were then
however, revealed that the postmortem examination cited the cause of death as internal bleeding.The deceased was also reportedly a close