Suspect arrested for setting fire to bus during Mirihana protest

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The CID has arrested a suspect in connection with the setting fire to an army bus during a protest near President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s residence in Mirihana.

The suspect was arrested in the Deraniyagala area yesterday (19).

The suspect, a 42-year-old married man working in a car parts company in Wijerama, is due to be produced in court today (20).

The bus was set on fire on March 31 in a heavily guarded area by the police and it took 49 days for the police to arrest the suspect.

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