{"id":53520,"date":"2017-06-08T17:47:30","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T21:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=53520"},"modified":"2017-06-08T17:47:30","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T21:47:30","slug":"muslim-owned-shop-in-nugegoda-set-ablaze-while-police-continue-to-claim-they-are-searching-for-bbs-gen-secy-gnanasara-thero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=53520","title":{"rendered":"Muslim Owned Shop in Nugegoda Set Ablaze While Police Continue to Claim They are Searching for BBS Gen Secy Gnanasara Thero."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sri Lankan government, on Wednesday said the police were continuing search operations to hunt for a controversial Buddhist monk who was wanted for making alleged hate speeches and attacks against the minorities in the island country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cabinet Spokesperson, Rajitha Senaratne said according to information, the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena, Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thero,was in the country but was still in hiding.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not know why there is a delay but police are continuing to search for him,\u201d Senaratne said.
\nHe added that there was an arrest warrant against the monk.<\/p>\n

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Gnanasara Thero\u2019s party is accused of instigating a recent wave of hate attacks against the country\u2019s Muslim minority.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is wanted in connection with obstruction of justice, hate speech and several other crimes,\u201d the police said in a statement recently.<\/p>\n

His party, the BBS says Gnanasara had gone into hiding, fearing he could be assassinated.
\n\u201cThe monk is at a secret location,\u201d BBS spokesman Dilantha Vithanage told reporters in Colombo last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have told him not to venture out as he could be assassinated after he is arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amidst a recent spate of attacks against minority Muslim owned businesses and hate speeches, Sri Lanka\u2019s Deputy Minister of Policy Planning and Economic Development, Harsha De Silva said on Tuesday visited the site of yet another attack when unidentified men set ablaze a Muslim owned shop in Nugegoda.<\/p>\n

De Silva instructed the Police OIC and other officers of the Mirihana police to keep no stone unturned in the investigation. \u201cI understand there are several CCTV cameras in the vicinity,\u201d he said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it is found it was an act of arson to disturb the ethnic harmony in that area, then, there will not be any let off. None whatsoever. I am determined to rid the area I represent of such terrorists so that we can enjoy a peaceful coexistence now and in to the future,\u201d the Deputy Minister said.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:NewsIn.Asia<\/p>\n

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The Sri Lankan government, on Wednesday said the police were continuing search operations to hunt for a controversial Buddhist monk who was wanted for making alleged hate speeches and attacks against the minorities in the island country. Cabinet Spokesperson, Rajitha Senaratne said according to information, the General Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena, Galagodaatte Gnanasara …<\/p>\n

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