Police that idly watched and enjoyed the attack on opposition MPs take the initiative in the attack on railway workers
(Lanka-e-News-24.April.2014, 11.30PM) The Sri Lanka police of the current lawless reign, that idly watched and enjoyed the attack launched on the 5 opposition MPs on the 17 th , conducted themselves even worse day before yesterday (22) when they broke into a protest demonstration staged by the Fort railway workers this evening , and launched a ruthless assault breaking even the heads of the protestors.
The railway workers joint trade union front and a number of trade unions began a fast yesterday . Thereafter this evening those who were staging a fast were given a promise by the Minister . Following this undertaking given by the Minister , the workers who are members of the government trade union –the Sri Lanka freedom railway workers association and some other trade unions decided to call off the fast . However some workers bitterly opposed the calling off of the trade union action and continued with the protests . They alleged that many promises like these have been given earlier but none had been fulfilled and no solution had been found for their grievances any day.
These protestors then brought the ‘sleeper’ planks and put them across the Colombo Fort railway line , and began staging their protests on the railway line.
Subsequently , the police stormed into the venue of the protest like how they would have broken into the Nandikadal zone of Prabhakaran , and began assaulting the peaceful protestors mercilessly and so indiscriminately that even the railway commuters who were there waiting to go home were attacked brutally.
In the melee , when one of the passengers waiting for the train was lying fallen down , the police instead of helping him , told a lie that the protestors attacked the passenger. The latter however angrily said , it was the police who assaulted him . He was later taken to the hospital. Five protestors too were arrested.
(Lanka-e-News-24.April.2014, 11.30PM) The Sri Lanka police of the current lawless reign, that idly watched and enjoyed the attack launched on the 5 opposition MPs on the 17 th , conducted themselves even worse day before yesterday (22) when they broke into a protest demonstration staged by the Fort railway workers this evening , and launched a ruthless assault breaking even the heads of the protestors.The railway workers joint trade union front and a number of trade unions began a fast yesterday . Thereafter this evening those who were staging a fast were given a promise by the Minister . Following this undertaking given by the Minister , the workers who are members of the government trade union –the Sri Lanka freedom railway workers association and some other trade unions decided to call off the fast . However some workers bitterly opposed the calling off of the trade union action and continued with the protests . They alleged that many promises like these have been given earlier but none had been fulfilled and no solution had been found for their grievances any day.
These protestors then brought the ‘sleeper’ planks and put them across the Colombo Fort railway line , and began staging their protests on the railway line.
Subsequently , the police stormed into the venue of the protest like how they would have broken into the Nandikadal zone of Prabhakaran , and began assaulting the peaceful protestors mercilessly and so indiscriminately that even the railway commuters who were there waiting to go home were attacked brutally.
In the melee , when one of the passengers waiting for the train was lying fallen down , the police instead of helping him , told a lie that the protestors attacked the passenger. The latter however angrily said , it was the police who assaulted him . He was later taken to the hospital. Five protestors too were arrested.
