A 24-year-old person has been arrested by the police on suspicion of assaulting doctors at the Kurunegala hospital.

Police said the suspect, a resident of Matale was arrested by a team of Policemen from the Kurunegala Police while the suspect was on board a car in the Dambulla area.

The car the suspect was travelling in has also been taken into police custody.

Police launched an investigation after a complaint received that a female and a male doctor have been beaten while on duty in Ward No. 72 of the Kurunegala Hospital on May 8.

The doctors of Kurunegala Hospital were on strike yesterday demanding the perpetrator be arrested.

The arrested man was to be produced before the Kurunegala Magistrate's Court today.