Employee of Petroleum-clash ... dies -- Arjuna's sarong removed and Arjuna harassed!

Employee of Petroleum-clash ... dies -- Arjuna's sarong removed and Arjuna harassed!

One employee out of the three employees of Petroleum Corporation who suffered injuries in the shootout that occured this evening and was admitted to hospital has passed away.

After this incident a tense situation was seen around the locality of the building and employees have threatened saying that not only the officer responsible for the firing but Arjuna too should be taken into custody; if not they would launch a strike tomorrow for issuing petrol. Member of parliament Gamini Lokuge including his supporters have been present there on this occasion. Further

information related to this fracas where Arjuna Ranatunga was surrounded and attacked keep streaming in.

The said pandemonium has occured when he had entered the ministry premises in the company of his security officers approximately 4 in the evening to remove his documents after losing his ministerial portfolio when a group of people who tried to impede Arjuna had got involved in an argument with him when this clash has taken place.

The workers have kept him cornered preventing him from going out. At that moment Arjuna too has wrestled with the workers when they had got together and reprimanded him with obscene words and had even gone to the extent of removing his sarong with which he was clad in that moment and tried to chase him away in order to embarass him. At that moment he had actually been with his underpants and shirt ... and the workers had engaged in hooting. It was on that occasion that his security have used their weapons.

Whatever it is, even after the employees sustained injury they had not released Arjuna. In any case the special task force that arrived on the scene have taken measures to dress Arjuna with a trouser belonging to one of them and cover his body that way. Since one gunshot victim had died by now, it is quite possible that Arjuna would be taken into custody.

Previous report regarding incident

Three injured with minister Arjuna's security guard opening fire