Activist Lahiru Weerasekera has been released on bail.
He was released on two surety bail of Rs.200,000 each when produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court this evening (10).
The Police Media Division said he was arrested yesterday down Duplication Road, Colombo 03.
Lahiru Weerasekera is accused of being part of an illegal assembly and obstructing Police officers from carrying out their duties during a protest held in Maradana on August 30.
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Lahiru hospitalised
National organizer of ‘Youth for Change’ and ‘Aragalaya’ activist Lahiru Weerasekara, who is currently under arrest, was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital this morning (Sep. 10) after being produced before the judicial medical officer.
Officers of Maradana Police apprehended him in Kollupitiya yesterday (Sep 09) while he was returning from a protest and a candlelight vigil in memory of those who lost their lives in the ‘Aragalaya’ protest movement, at Galle Face Green.
