At the time of the assault, the HRC officials were trying to investigate a complaint from the parents of a missing youth. The parents complained that their missing son was arrested by the Police and held incommunicado at the main police station in Jaffna.
On Tuesday, Mr. Chandrasekara and his associate, Mr.Feroz, went with their counsel to Jaffna police station and made a complaint against the assault on them, sources said.
HRC sources said that officials of the rights commission are to launch a protest against the failure of the Government of Sri Lanka in taking action against policemen who assaulted the commission's officials Monday.
Meanwhile, the youth, Mr. Ratnasingham Chandramohan, 21, whose parents had complained to the HRC, was later on Tuesday produced by the police before the Jaffna Magistrate, Ms. Srinithi Nanthasekaram, and she remanded the youth till October 8, legal sources said.
Mr. Chandrasekara and Mr. Feroz Wednesday visited the Jaffna prison and recorded the statement of Mr. Chandramohan, HRC sources said.
