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by Jaffna Special correspondent

The Mayor of Jaffna Sellan Kanthaiyan has been allegedly assaulted by a Municipal councillor of his own party at the Jaffna Municipal Council office.

An argument between the Municipal councillor and the Mayor is said to have sparked off the attack. The Mayor had sought treatment at a private hospital for his injuries. He was admitted to the hospital by some senior members of TULF.

The Mayor said that his assailant had come with six outsiders and attacked him. When he tried to escape from his room he tripped and fell against a window and was cut on the hand by the glass fitted to the window.

The Mayor was for the last three days personally supervising at Nallur Kandasamy kovil, the allocation of stalls for vendors and the reduced enforcement of fares in private cycle parks. The seizure of stray cattle within the Jaffna Municipal council limits is also said to be another issue that ignited the attack on the Mayor. 

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