Social media activist Piyath Nikeshala arrested by CID

29 January 2024 09:02 pm

Colombo, Jan 29 (Daily Mirror) - Social media activist Piyath Nikeshala has been arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department, police said.

He was reportedly arrested after being summoned before the CID to obtain a statement over publishing a recorded telephone conversation between Public Security Minister Tiran Alles and another social media activist on his YouTube channel.

Piyath Nikeshala was also arrested on June last year over the live streaming on social media of the incident of burning President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo on July 09, 2022