The general secretary of the Bodu bala Sena, Galagodatte Gnanasara will be charged with trespassing and making defamatory remarks, the Daily Mirror reports.
Colombo Fort magistrates ordered the police to file the charges against Gnanasara and several other monks, who will be required to attend court on June 16.
One of the cases was filed for making defamatory remarks about the Quran during a protest outside Slave Island police station, while the other case was related to trespassing and obstructing a media briefing of the Jathika Bala Sena (JBS).
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