COLOMBO, July 23 -- Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ruled that former Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Deshabandu Tennakoon and another senior police officer violated the fundamental rights of social activist Anuruddha Bandara through his arbitrary arrest during the 2022 'Aragalaya' protest movement.

The judgment was delivered on Thursday (23) following hearings of a fundamental rights petition filed by Bandara over his arrest on April 2, 2022.

The petition was heard before a three-judge bench comprising Justices Janak de Silva, Menaka Wijesundera and Sobitha Rajakaruna, with Justice Rajakaruna delivering the unanimous judgment.

Bandara told the court that officers attached to the Colombo North Special Investigation Unit s...