Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested four Muslims for allegedly sending “religious hate messages”, reports ColomboPage.
The CID acted after reportedly receiving a “tip-off” that the four were sending “hate” SMS text messages. The messages warned that another Anti-Muslim riot has been planned to take place in August, adding that the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence had been meeting to organise it.
The four men are to be produced before the courts again on the 18th of August.
The Sri Lankan Army had warned last week of arrests for circulating “false” messages, following heightened tensions after violence by Sinhala Buddhist mobs in June. The Anti-Muslim riots which began in Aluthgama killed at least three Muslims and one Tamil.
The CID acted after reportedly receiving a “tip-off” that the four were sending “hate” SMS text messages. The messages warned that another Anti-Muslim riot has been planned to take place in August, adding that the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence had been meeting to organise it.
The four men are to be produced before the courts again on the 18th of August.
The Sri Lankan Army had warned last week of arrests for circulating “false” messages, following heightened tensions after violence by Sinhala Buddhist mobs in June. The Anti-Muslim riots which began in Aluthgama killed at least three Muslims and one Tamil.