The Attorney General’s Department has instructed the Police to conduct investigations into the incidents that took place on May 09.
The peaceful assemblies of protest in Colombo were interfered by a large group of people in breach of the Constitution and the penal laws, the Office said.
The unlawful interference was seen to have been carried out in the form of physical assault of serious nature causing bodily injury to those who engaged in the exercise of their constitutional rights, it added, thereby urging the Police to conduct investigations into the said events.