{"id":55798,"date":"2017-10-10T18:02:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T22:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=55798"},"modified":"2017-10-10T18:02:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T22:02:50","slug":"namal-rajapaksa-and-five-others-including-two-mps-arrested-over-anti-indian-protest-at-hambantota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=55798","title":{"rendered":"Namal Rajapaksa and Five Others Including Two MP’s Arrested Over Anti-Indian Protest at Hambantota."},"content":{"rendered":"

– Sri Lanka’s police arrested Namal Rajapaksa and two of his legislator colleagues Tuesday for their role in leading a violent anti-India demonstration last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Police said in a statement that Rajapaksa was taken into custody after he gave a statement to the Hambantota police over his role in Friday’s demonstration that was broke up by police just before it reached the Indian consulate.<\/p>\n

Members of parliament D. V. Chanaka and Prasanna Ranaweera and three others were also taken in along with Namal, a police statement said.<\/p>\n

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It said they were to be taken before a magistrate.<\/p>\n

Video footage of the demonstration showed Namal chanting anti-India and anti-China slogans while marching towards the Indian consulate at Hambantota.<\/p>\n

He accused the government of trying to sell the Mattala Rajapaksa international built by his father at a rock bottom price to an Indian company.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of protesters tried to break through barricades but police fired teargas and water cannon to stop them reaching the consulate.<\/p>\n

Five protesters and four policemen were injured. A total of 28 people, including six women were arrested on Friday and another five were arrested on Monday.<\/p>\n

The airport in Rajapakse’s home constituency of Hambantota is one of several state-owned white elephants that were built under the former president and have never turned a profit.<\/p>\n

It is one of the world’s least used airports, servicing just one flight a day.<\/p>\n

The new government out Mattala on the market along with the Hambantota port. In July, the government sealed a billion-dollar deal with a Chinese state-owned company to take over a majority stake in the loss-making Hambantota port.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:ECONOMYNEXT<\/em><\/p>\n

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– Sri Lanka’s police arrested Namal Rajapaksa and two of his legislator colleagues Tuesday for their role in leading a violent anti-India demonstration last week. Police said in a statement that Rajapaksa was taken into custody after he gave a statement to the Hambantota police over his role in Friday’s demonstration that was broke up …<\/p>\n

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