Watareka Vijitha Thero arrested

Watareka Vijitha Thero arrested

August 1, 2017   06:21 pm

By Yusuf Ariff

Venerable Watareka Vijitha Thero, who is the general secretary of the Jathika Bala Sena organization, has been arrested by Fort Police.

He was arrested for behaving in an unruly manner in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. 

The Thero has reportedly been hospitalized following arrest. 

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