According to lawyer Manoj Nanayakkara, it was not possible to find out who was arrested by the police and who was arrested by the police.
He says that after a group of officers of the Colombo-North Division Criminal Investigation Bureau arrested her at Diyatha Uyana car park following a protest yesterday, she could not be found for several hours and was later informed that she had been arrested under the charge of unlawful crowding at the Presidential Secretariat.
Lawyer Manoj Nanayakkara said that the Colombo-North Division Criminal Investigation Bureau had summoned Damitha Abeyratne for a statement at 09:00 on the morning of the 9th and that the arrest was made in such an environment. He said that a human rights complaint will be filed and that he will file a lawsuit to get compensation for the damage to her reputation.