Popular Youtuber – Kalpa Gunaratne has been arrested yesterday (Oct. 03) at the Colombo International Bookfair at the BMICH.
The arrest had followed a security officer assaulting a young man at the bookfair.
Mr. Guneratne had opposed the physical assault and had started to video record the incident after it had continued.
Upon the arrival of CI Neomal who is in charge of the security at BMICH, the security personnel had told that Mr. Guneratne’s recording had caused a scene.
After taking into possession two old media IDs, Mr. Guneratne was taken to the Cinnamon Gardens police saying he had no valid media and was subsequently charged with breaching public order.
He was kept behind bars for around 03 hours before lawyers of the Media Law Forum had secured police bail.
However, since no mention had been made of the assault, the assaulted youth himself had gone to the police and made a complaint.
It is reported that he had suffered injuries to his head from the incident.
