Sri Lankan police on Tuesday arrested the legislator son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa for leading violent anti-India demonstrations over alleged plans to sell an airport built and named after his father.
A police spokesman said MP Namal Rajapaksa was arrested for being a member of an unlawful assembly outside the Indian consulate in the southern town of Hambantota on Friday. Police fired teargas to stop the agitators from reaching the diplomatic compound, the spokesman said, and added that Mr. Namal has violated a court order banning street protests and damaged public property.
Police arrested 28 protesters. He accused the government of trying to sell the airport named after his father to an Indian company at a rock bottom price.