Video emerges of Kassapa Thera allegedly threatening police officers at hospital
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1 min readFrom 1 outlets- Newswire reports that the footage shows Kassapa Thera on a hospital bed with medical staff and police officers nearby.
- Newswire says three Buddhist monks, including Kassapa Thera, were taken into police custody after tensions at the protest.
Newswire reports that video footage appears to show Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera verbally abusing and threatening police officers at a hospital. Newswire says the footage shows him on a hospital bed, with medical staff and police officers around him.
Newswire reports that Kassapa Thera was among three Buddhist monks taken into police custody on November 12 after a tense incident at a fast-unto-death protest near Ruwanweli Maha Seya, also called Ruwanwelisaya, in Anuradhapura. Newswire says the incident followed an argument at the Satyagraha site between Kassapa Thera and others, and a group including Ven. Rajanganaye Saddharathana Thera and several laypeople.
Newswire says the order related to allegations that they had breached earlier court orders by continuing their protest at the sacred site.
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