The Bodu Bala Sena on Friday completely denied any involvement in the recent attack on a clothing store in Pepiliyana by a violent mob, causing severe damage to property and injuring at least three people.
Accusing the Bodu Bala Sena for each and every incident has become a trend, its Secretary, Ven Galaboda Aththe Gnanasara Thera said, adding, the organization had nothing to do with Thursday’s attack.
Condemning the incident where a mob had stoned and later set fire to a store and warehouse owned by Muslims, the Ven. Gnanasara Thera stated that attack should not have happened.
“We condemn this attack in the strongest terms,” Gnanasara Thera told reporters in Colombo, saying he feared people impersonating the saffron-robed clergy could have been involved.
The Thera pointed out that such acts are being carried out within the country as well as internationally and that pointing the finger at Bodu Bala Sena over such incidents has become a trend.
The Buddhist nationalist group also urged the authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.
