Lawyers want police to immediately arrest Ex-Prime Minister over violence

 A group of lawyers have requested the Inspector General of Police to immediately arrest Former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and enforce the law against him, for planning the attacks on the MynaGoGama & GotaGoGama protest sites.

Attorney-at-Law Gunaratne Wanninayake made this request at a press briefing held at the Colombo Magistrate Court premises.

He also accused the Sri Lanka Police for allowing the attacks to take place.

Attorney-at-Law Wanninayake also said that the Defence Secretary, Inspector General of Police, DIG in charge of the Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon aided in the attack.