Sri Lanka Police Constable beat a mentally ill Tamil youth and forced the youth to drown near the sea near Bambalapitya, Colombo, railway station Thursday. The youth was identified as Balavarnam Sivakumar, 26, of Ratmalana, according to media reports in Colombo, which belatedly listed the youth's identity. "The entire country watched in horror, as a group of heavily built men attacked the mentally unstable youth with wooden poles while he pleaded for mercy, when it was telecast on several news bulletins on Thursday night," Sri Lankan Daily Mirror News Paper said.

The killed youth had been mentally unstable for about two years, following a love affair. He was heartbroken after his girlfriend dumped him suddenly in the latter part of 2006. Soon after the incident he was extremely depressed and had to be treated at the Angoda Mental Hospital for about 10 days in 2007

Police spokesman Nimal Mediwaka said the Police and Army personnel who had allegedly assaulted the 26 year old youth in the shallow sea near the Bambalapitiya Railway Station and caused him to drown on Thursday afternoon had been identified and would be arrested.

Full report from Sri Lankan / Sinhala News papers:

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http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2009/10/49503.html

Killing Video:

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http://video.dailymirror.lk/videos/161/ccd-probes-incident-where-man-was-forced-to-drown