Dambulla Police have arrested a member of the Dambulla Municipal Council of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) on suspicion of setting fire to the house of former Minister Janaka Bandara Tennakoon in Dambulla.
Police say that the fire broke out on the 9th. A senior police official said that a number of suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident and that the JVP MP was sneaking on the police.
Police was searching for him when he was arrested after surrendering to the police yesterday and is due to be produced before the Dambulla Magistrate’s Court today.