A 26- year- old youth of Barnes watte, Colombo 7 was assaulted to death in a night club brawl following an exchange of words in the wee hours of yesterday.

The deceased was identified as M. Jayakumar, who frequented night clubs The argument had taken place at around 2 am while he was dancing with a group of other youth inside the club. Police said.

Kollupitiya Police said that Jayakumar had knocked against another youth, who lost his temper. Later, four persons had surrounded Jayakumar outside the club and beaten him up until he collapsed on the road. He died on admission to hospital.

Two suspects have been arrested.

by Norman Palihawadana 
Source:  The Island (Sri Lanka)