Individual arrested for threatening President on Facebook

Individual arrested for threatening President on Facebook

A person who is supposed to have threatened President Mr. Maithripala Sirisena with death across the social website was taken into custody at Katunayaka Airport yesterday by officers of

the Criminal Investigations Department.

The individual concerned is a resident of Yakkala named Lakmana Aarachchige Sugath. Sometime back after Galagodaaththe Gnanasiri Thera of Bodu Bala Sena Organisation behaved in an aggressive manner at Homagama Courts was taken into custody on a court warrant a group of monks of Gnanasiri supporters too had behaved in an indecent  manner in front of the courts and they too were taken into custody.

The above-said incident which created an uproar in the country was subjected to much criticism by most factions in the country. Some of Gnanasara supporters believed that all this took place because of decisions taken by courts. As a consequence, allegations were directed at the President and the government across the social media.

In the process a certain individual has released a recorded video across the Facebook in which video he speaks out against the President in an insane mood. The Criminal Investigation Department after having conducted an investigation into this matter had come to understand that the suspect incidentally is not someone who is within this country. He was found to be someone who is from Yakkala and that he presently lives in Malaysia. It was further revealed at investigations that this person known as Lakmana Aarachchige Sugath is someone who stays in Malaysia without any visa. After Malaysian authorities found out about his issue concerning the visa he was expelled from Malaysia and he had arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday at Katunayaka Airport. Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department had waylaid him at Katunayaka Airport knowing about his arrival and had him taken into custody.

Since there is evidence that he had made threats against the life of President Mr. Maithripala Sirisena, the police have filed action against him and he is to be produced at the Chief Magistrate's Court in Colombo in this respect.