While President, Prime Minister and VIPs were attending the funeral of veteran musician W.D. Amaradeva at the Independence Square, a man from Kotahena tried to get closer to President, Prime Minister under the guise of journalist.
As his behaviour was suspicious and false claims that he was a journalist, he was arrested and produced before the Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday.
The Magistrate has ordered to remand him till 15th November 2016.