Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage issued arrest warrants on Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodaththe Gnanasara Thera and two other monks who absconded court in a case filed against them.

The three monks were charged with insulting the Holy Quran and abusing and insulting the Jathika Bala Sena Leader Watareka Wijitha Thera by gate crashing into a news conference held by him at the Nippon Hotel in Colombo.

The Magistrate postponed further inquiry for November 9.