Police have arrested another young man following a violent scuffle at a polling station set up for the internal election of the ruling party, PNC, last Saturday.
A group of local young men entered the polling station at Kamal Didi School in Hulhumale' Phase 2, while the officials were counting the ballots, and wreaked havoc by damaging property and initiating a scuffle with another group.
In a message to the media, Police said that they have arrested a young man following the violence at the school and that the 24-year-old local man was arrested last night.
This takes the number of suspects arrested to 3 after Police made two arrests earlier. They arrested a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old man in connection with the case.
Videos circulating on social media showed two groups attacking each other with chairs. Police tried to control the situation, but the clashes continued for a long time.
Police are further investigating the case.
