The Trincomalee Magistrate’s Court yesterday (02) further remanded 10 persons, including four Buddhist monks, arrested on 19 January, 2026, for allegedly placing a Buddha statue in the coastal reservation, on 16 January.
All of them were re-remanded till 09 February, pending further investigations.
They were first arrested on 19 January, then remanded till 28 January and 02 February. They have been accused of violating the Coast Conservation Act by placing a Buddha statue on a land belonging to the Trincomalee Bodhiraja Temple.
The suspects have appealed against the Magistrate’s Court decision. The case was heard on 22 January before a Bench comprising the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Rohantha Abeysuriya, and Justice K. Priyantha Fernando.
Manohara de Silva, PC, and President’s Counsel Uditha Igalahewa, PC, appearing for the petitioners, urged the Court to take up the matter urgently, describing it as a case of exceptional importance.
Out of the 10 remanded, Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera launched a hunger strike in the Trincomalee Prison but it was later called off.
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