Activist Lahiru Weerasekera arrested

Activist Lahiru Weerasekera arrested

by Zulfick Farzan 09-09-2022 | 8:25 PM

COLOMBO (News 1st); Aragalaya Activist Lahiru Weerasekera was arrested in Colombo on Friday (9) evening.

Sri Lanka Police said he was arrested down Dupliation Road in Colombo.

Police Spokesperson SSP Attorney-at-Law Nihal Thalduwa told News 1st that Weerasekera was arrested for the obstruction of duties of police officers during a protest in Maradana, being party to an unlawful assembly, and several other charges.