(UTV | COLOMBO) – Moratuwa Mayor Samanlal Fernando has been arrested for disrupting the duties of health workers.
Fernando was arrested after he surrendered to the Mount Lavinia Police today.
A tense situation was reported at a vaccination center in Moratuwa yesterday when Fernando demanded health workers to vaccinate people he had given tokens to.
Health workers had however refused to do so saying there was a procedure to follow.
A heated confrontation had also taken place between a doctor on duty and the Mayor.
The doctor informed the Police at the location that the Mayor was preventing her from carrying out her duties.
Samanlal Fernando is a member of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).
