26 July 2022 09:03 pm
A leading Galle Face protest site activist Dhaniz Ali has been arrested by the CID while trying to leave for Dubai on a flight from the BIA this evening, Police said.
He was accused of entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and attempted to disrupt telecasts on July 13.
The Police media unit said that there was an arrest warrant against the suspect.
Meanwhile, a video circulating on social media shows CID officers attempting to arrest the suspect while inside the plane despite the passengers onboard protesting against the move.