Asela Sampath, who is the President of the Sri Lanka Restaurant Owners' Association, is holding a media briefing on various consumer issues, Today group of about 20 people claiming to be CIDs
came to his house this evening. Facebook Live released a video of his daughter being abducted by without showing any warrant or identity card. She said, "My father was abducted without any notice. ID One was not shown. It came out civil. inhumanly abducted. Authorities search quickly."
About an hour later, it was reported that the CID had arrested him. The reason given is, He has issued a misleading statement about State Minister Channa Jayasumana. He knows about the house of Minister Channa Jayasumana located in Kotte and CID to find out if he is lying. Even after making a statement regarding Minister Bandula Gunawardena a few months ago, he was subjected to a similar police interrogation.