Criminal court on Sunday sentenced two more people to seven years in prison after being found guilty of assaulting a police officer during a mass anti-government protest on May Day last year.
The sentencing comes two weeks after five protesters received five year prison sentencing for tackling Sergeant Abdul Rahman Hussain, an SO officer, to the ground and beating him during the protest.
Out of the three that were charged, one was acquitted due to lack of evidence.
The policeman was flown to Sri Lanka for medical treatment after the assault. But lawyers representing the defendants had said the policeman had only sustained minor bruising.
In February, religiously conservative Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla was controversially found guilty of terrorism over a speech he gave at the May Day rally and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Imran was accused of inciting violence with the prosecution arguing that he must bear responsibility for the violent clashes.
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