The Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court has banned an “unlawful’ protest march and rally organized to be held in Dehiwela today.
Dehiwela Police had received information that a group including former parliamentarian and Akmeemana Dayarathana Thera is organizing an unlawful protest march and a rally, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said.
The Dehiwala police have informed the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate Court that the protest march and the rally organized by the controversial Buddhist monk can flare up tensions among communities and result in a riot disrupting the peace in the Dehiwela police division.
The police have subsequently court order to ban the protest march and rally under Emergency Regulations.
Accordingly, the Mount Lavinia Magistrate’s Court had decided to completely ban the Perahera and the meeting to be held on Friday (07) under the Emergency Regulations.
