Sri Lanka, Oct. 22 -- Following the accusation levelled against the former Member of Parliament, Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, over the alleged abduction and intimidation of General Secretary of the Ape Janabala Pakshaya, questions have been raised why the long arm of law has so far failed to make an arrest.

Submitting an affidavit, General Secretary of the Ape Janabala Pakshaya (AJP) Ven. Vedanigama Wimalatissa has alleged how the bonus seat his party secured at the 2020 General Election was 'robbed'. According to the priest, this seat was obtained forcibly by threatening him with death. (In the affidavit it says that the priest was threatened by the then Senior DIG Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon in the presence of Ven. Rathana...