A protest started in entrance of Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee Naval Base on Tuesday after reviews emerged that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and a few of his members of the family had been there after leaving the official residence in Colombo, a media report stated.
Violence erupted in Sri Lanka on Monday after supporters of then prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked peaceable anti-government protesters demanding his ouster over the nation’s worst financial disaster that led to acute shortages of staple meals, gasoline and energy.
Over 200 folks have additionally been injured within the violence in Colombo and different cities.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, resigned as prime minister on Monday amid unprecedented financial turmoil, hours after his supporters attacked anti-government protestors, prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and deploy Army troops within the capital.
A protest has begun in entrance of the Trincomalee Naval Base after reviews Mahinda Rajapaksa and a few of his members of the family are there after leaving Temple Trees, the official residence of the prime minister, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported.
Trincomalee is a port metropolis on the northeast coast of Sri Lanka.
On Monday, the violence noticed arson assaults on the houses of a number of politicians, together with the ancestral residence of the Rajapaksas in Hambantota.
Video footage confirmed the whole home of Mahinda Rajapaksa and his youthful brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Medamulana in Hambantota metropolis was burning.
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s House in Kurunegala was additionally set on hearth by protesters whereas a mob additionally destroyed DA Rajapaksa Memorial – constructed within the reminiscence of the daddy of Mahinda and Gotabaya – in Medamulana, Hambantota.
There have been protests over souring costs and energy cuts since final month.’ Sri Lanka is going through its worst financial disaster since gaining independence from Britain in 1948.
The disaster is precipitated partially by a scarcity of international forex, which has meant that the nation can not afford to pay for imports of staple meals and gasoline, resulting in acute shortages and really excessive costs.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
