Gamini Wadigamangawa, a former chairman of the Anamaduwa Pradeshiya Sabha has been arrested by the police.
Anamaduwa Police say that he has been arrested for assaulting a woman with a firearm.
The victim is a 58-year-old mother of three living in Anamaduwa.
According to the complaint, the clash had taken place due to a dispute over a paddy field boundary and the former chairman had hit a woman in the chest and face with a firearm in his hand.
The woman was admitted to the Anamaduwa Base Hospital after the incident.
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