Arrest Criminals Who Set Fire to a Shop In Nugegoda

A shop belongs  to a  Muslim  located  at Vijayarama Mawatta in Nugegoda  was set on fire last night.

Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad   Bathiudeen  visited the scene this morning and enquired  details from the owner  and spoken to Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayake. Further, he spoke to the OIC of the Nugegoda Plice Station.

He said  this is  not  the first occasion  where  a shop is set on fire but on  three times same type of  shop burning  done in Nugegoda. This type of communal destruction  can only  be avoided by  keeping the police alert. He has told Sagala  that the Government has given  several promises to the Muslim society  but  the criminals have not stopped  their activities against the Muslim society .

Continuously  Muslims are targeted and they are  living under mortal  fear .  Their property are being ransacked. Hence,  Muslims began losing confidents in the Government. Minister  requested Sagala to take precautionary  measures to avoid re current of this nature.