A SJB politician has been arrested in Horana after he fired shots into the air to frighten a group that invaded his privacy.
P.D. Abeyratne, former MP and now the party’s electoral organizer, had been at his tea estate at Dheerananda mawatha when the incident occurred.
A group of outsiders got involved in an argument with him, and one of them tried to attack him with an axe when he fired the shots to frighten them, said the police.
Abeyratne is due to be produced before courts today.
