Police deployed water cannons and tear gas against Buddhist monks staging a protest to demand the release of the Secretary General of Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) in Colombo on Monday.
Monks had gathered at the gates of Presidential Secretariat offices staging protest condemning the imprisonment of BBS leader Galagodaatte Gnanasara Thera and demanding an audience with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena to hand over a written message to him.
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