Hours after the head of the Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) organisation in Sri Lanka threatened to incite bloody attacks against Muslim communities unless a Muslim leader was arrested, Sri Lanka’s police arrested the Secretary of Sri Lanka Thawheed Jamath (SLTJ) Abdul Razick.
A statement by the police headquarters said that Mr Razick was arrested due to a complaint regarding a comments made by him at a protest last week, reports Colombo Telegraph.
The arrest came hours after the BBS leader Gnanasara Thero issued a one day ultimatum before a starting violence against Muslims.