{"id":170452,"date":"2016-11-15T17:48:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T12:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=170452"},"modified":"2016-11-15T18:02:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T12:32:20","slug":"police-arrests-saviour-of-the-sinhalese-who-threatened-to-bomb-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/police-arrests-saviour-of-the-sinhalese-who-threatened-to-bomb-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrests \u2018Saviour Of The Sinhalese\u2019 Who Threatened To Bomb Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Fort Police today arrested a man by the name of \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Dan+Priyasad&amp;x=10&amp;y=8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dan Priyasad<\/span><\/a>\u2019 who calls himself the \u2018Saviour of the Sinhalese\u2019 and has been threatening to bomb Muslims in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman at the police media unit confirmed to the Colombo Telegraph that the man has been arrested following a complaint that he has been threatening the Muslims. However, the media unit had still not received complete information pertaining to the arrest, and the formal charges.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDanpriyasad%2Fvideos%2F168875806910235%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, the Colombo Telegraph learns that several Parliamentarians had made telephone calls to the Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, who had subsequently ordered the police to take action against Priyasad, even though complaints were made against Priyasad\u00a0initially, but no action was taken against him.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent protest opposite the Fort Railway Station, a group of protestors, including Priyasad declared that they were ready to even carry out suicide bombings to eliminate Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in a post published today evening, the saviour of the Sinhalese has said that his life is in danger, and the &#8216;solution&#8217; is in the hands of the Sinhalese Buddhists.<\/p>\n<p>Following his arrest, supporters of Priyasad has called on the people to gather around the Fort Police station to demonstrate against the arrest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsuresh.priyasad%2Fvideos%2F1033172670128551%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"639\" height=\"357\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/yahapalanaya-and-igp-on-snooze-mode-as-radical-buddhists-threaten-to-kill-muslims\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Yahapalanaya And IGP On Snooze Mode As Radical Buddhists Threaten To Kill Muslims<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":170100,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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