6 May 2018 07:48 pm
Police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said the suspects were arrested on charges of unruly behavior and attack on religious places of worship at Welekade in Ambatenna and Poojapitiya on March 7.
The suspects aged 21, 22 and 55 are residents of Kahawatta in Ambatenna and taken into custody on Saturday from their homes and handed over to the Poojapitiya Police for further investigations.
Last month, the TID arrested two Army Corporals in connection with the same incidents while
the Teldeniya Magistrate’s Court also further remanded 32 suspects including Amith Weerasinghe of Maha Sohon Balakaya in connection with the violence in Digana, Kandy. (Darshana Sanjeewa)