Deputy Mass Media Minister Karunarathna Paranavithana, addressing the media during the Cabinet press briefing today, said President Maithripala Sirisena had asked for a special inquiry into the nightclub brawl, last Saturday.
In the wee hours of Saturday (October 8), reports that the President’s son Dahan Sirisena was involved in a brawl at a nightclub at Colombo 2, reached the media.
Initial investigation revealed that bouncers at the entrance of the club had told Sirisena they could not accommodate all of his bodyguards that night, as the nightclub was filled to capacity.
The two parties reached compromise, and Daham was allowed inside with five bodyguards.
Eyewitness accounts said the brawl occurred between bodyguards who were left outside and the bouncers on the ground floor, at the entrance of the club.
The bouncers were assaulted with poles and the property damaged.
One bouncer was reportedly hospitalised after the attack. .
Witnesses said Daham was in the club at the time, but not among the attackers.
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