The Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been summoned to appear before the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) on April 05, in connection with the probe into the assault on protestors during the unrest in Mirihana.

The assault has strongly been condemned by Rohini Marasinghe, former Supreme Court Justice and the current Chairperson of the HRCSL.

The Commission today (03) concluded that police assaults during agitations be investigated and accordingly, it has been decided to conduct a probe into an assault that took place during a protest in Anuradhapura.

A senior Superintendent of Police has also been summoned to the HRCSL on Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in the assault.

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News reports on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigning from his post are completely untrue, said Rohan Weliwita, the Prime Minister’s Media Secretary.

He further added that the Prime Minister Rajapaksa has not taken any decision to step down at all.

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Anti-government protests are growing in many parts of the country despite island wide curfew.

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The Cabinet of Ministers led by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has reportedly decided to resign.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister has already drafted his letter of resignation, sources said.

Following the proposal to form an interim caretaker government with all parties representing Parliament, the Prime Minister has agreed to form a caretaker government, at a meeting held with Wimal Weerawansa, Udaya Gammanpila, Vasudewa Nanayakkara and Tiran Alles today.

Anti-government protests are being carried out since this morning, despite a curfew being imposed islandwide.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has reportedly informed President Rajapaksa that all 14 MPs will resign from their posts in the government if it fails to negotiate with all parties represented in Parliament and form a caretaker government within a week.

This has been informed to the President via a three-page letter composed by SLFP Secretary General Dayasiri Jayasekara.

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A man has reportedly taken his own life in front of the President’s Private Residence in Mirihana.

The victim, 53 and a resident of First Lane, Edirisinghe Road, Mirihana, was protesting against the ongoing power outages by climbing up on a nearby power transformer, during which he was electrocuted and killed.

The victim was electrocuted as he was attempting to take his own life by grabbing the two wire terminals at the same time.

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The Social Media restriction imposed by the government of Sri Lanka has been lifted a short while ago.

A Social Media restriction was imposed from 12.20 am today (03) and ended at 3.30 pm.

The restriction was imposed based on a request by the Defence Ministry, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) earlier said in a statement.

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