A Buddhist monk who was found tied up and beaten last week had ‘self-inflicted’ injuries, claimed the Sri Lankan police.

Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana told a media briefing that Watareka Vijitha Thera, who has found badly beaten with his hands and legs tied with saffron robes, had staged the attack.

Rohana went on to add that the monk had inflicted the wounds on himself using keys and blades, and that the police would be taking legal action against him.

Marine Police in Tamil Nadu have filed an attempted murder case against the Sri Lankan Navy earlier this week, for the sinking of an Indian boat which forced five fishermen to jump into the sea.

The police of the Coastal Security Group (CSG) filed a First Information Report (FIR) against the Sri Lankan Navy, charging them with damaging the fishermen’s property and with attempted murder.

The Buddhist monk group Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) and several other Sinhala-Buddhist organisations are engaging in social media campaigns promoting Minister Champika Ranawaka as the next President of Sri Lanka.

Ranawaka is a member of Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), the monk-led Sinhala nationalist and influential political party.

According to Asian Mirror, BBS backed social media pages stated the need for a "Sinhalese President" to rescue Sri Lanka.

A Muslim-owned clothing store has been destroyed in a suspected arson attack on Saturday morning with reports of further attacks on mosques and Muslim businesses across the island.

A group of unidentified persons carried out an attack on a mosque in Jaffna in the early hours of Saturday morning, in a spate of attacks carried out on Muslims places of worship and businesses across the island.

The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 7 more Indian fishermen on Friday, just days after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wrote to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the continued arrests.

The arrested men, from a coastal village in Nagappattinam district, were held for allegedly crossing the international maritime boundary lane (IMBL). The arrests on Friday follow the earlier 46 Indian fishermen on Wednesday, bringing the total arrested to 53.

"It is in context of such commitments, both in the Commonwealth and in the United Nations, that we continue to call on Sri Lanka to cooperate with the international investigation mandated by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in March, and to fully implement the specific recommendations in your own Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission report, including on accountability and ensuring justice for victims of all sides during the conflict," he added.