{"id":101231,"date":"2013-08-19T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-19T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=101231"},"modified":"2014-04-09T13:02:25","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T07:32:25","slug":"the-monk-against-bbs-claims-he-was-attacked-and-robbed-by-bbs-bbs-denies-the-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-monk-against-bbs-claims-he-was-attacked-and-robbed-by-bbs-bbs-denies-the-allegation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Monk Against BBS Claims He Was Attacked And Robbed By BBS, BBS Denies The Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rev. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Watareka+Wijitha&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\">Watareka Vijitha<\/a><\/span> thero the Chief monk of the Mahaveli Maha Viharaya, Mahiyangana and Pradeshiya Sabha member was attacked by a group of unknown people this evening. \u00a0Wijitha thero has been expressing views against <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bodu+Bala+Sena&amp;x=4&amp;y=5\">Bodu Bala Sena<\/a><\/span> was attacked in Kegalle while traveling to Colombo.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_99957\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/before-bbs-visit-muslim-families-packed-their-belongings-and-left-wijitha-thero\/rev-watareka-wijitha-thero\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-99957\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99957\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-99957\" title=\"Rev. Watareka Wijitha thero\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rev.-Watareka-Wijitha-thero-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rev.-Watareka-Wijitha-thero-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rev.-Watareka-Wijitha-thero-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-99957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rev. Watareka Wijitha thero<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The monk was getting threats and was in hiding but today he had gone to collect some documents and someone may have given a tip about his whereabouts sources told Colombo Telegraph.\u00a0He was followed, attacked and robbed by the BBS, the monk told the police.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer of the Bodu Bala Sena <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Dilanthe+Withanage&amp;x=4&amp;y=4\">Dilanthe Withanage<\/a><\/span>\u00a0denied the allegation. \u201cWe also just heard the story, apparently the monk has met with an accident in Kegalle, that is what we all know\u201d Withanage told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Related story;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/before-bbs-visit-muslim-families-packed-their-belongings-and-left-wijitha-thero\/\">Before BBS Visit Muslim Families Packed Their Belongings And Left \u2013 Wijitha Thero<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":99957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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