Sri Lankan police have arrested the Batticaloa district organiser for the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), as he headed to the Thandiyadi Thuylim Illan just moments ago.
Kanapathipillai Gukakumararajah was reportedly detained and lamps that he was set to light to commemorate Maaveerar Naal seized.
He is currently being held at Vavunathivu police station.
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