A police constable has been killed in the Vitharandeniya area in Tangalle. .

Police Media Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa stated that a group of persons who were constructing a hotel adjacent to his house had assaulted the police constable and killed him last night.

The group also assaulted the wife of the constable who was at the house and another person.

 Further investigations into the incident are ongoing.