Police, on May 27, arrested two persons, identified as 37-year-old restaurant owner and a resident in Makumbura and a 30-year-old assistant health worker in Horana, for allegedly assaulting Member of Parliament (MP) Kumara Welgama and his driver, reports Colombo Page. Police spokesman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Nihal Thalduwa said two suspects were arrested in the Kottawa area by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in connection with the attack on Welgama and his driver on May 09. A group of people has stopped MP Kumara Welgama’s vehicle at the Kottawa entrance of the Southern Expressway on the evening of the 9th May and assaulted the MP, his driver and a Police Sargent.