UNP candidate arrested on charges of criminal intimidation

The Kuliyapitiya Police yesterday arrested a UNP candidate contesting the general election arrested on charges of criminal intimidation.

The police stated that the candidate had gone to a house in the Kithalawa-Annaruwa area with another group the day before yesterday and had forcibly entered a house with swords and clubs and carried out the intimidation.

The suspect is to be produced before the Kuliyapitiya Magistrate's Court today.