Kundasale Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Asela Ekanayake (UPFA) was today arrested after he surrendered to Wattegama Police, in connection with an alleged assault on a school principal at Waththegama.

Police said the principal and the PS chairman had been involved in an argument at the school on Saturday.

The principal later admitted himself to the Kandy Hospital, complaining that the PS chairman had assaulted him.

The suspect will be produced before the Teldeniya Magistrate today.