The Maligakanda and Fort Magistrate’s Courts yesterday issued restraining orders, preventing National People’s Power (NPP) Leader MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake and 25 others from entering into selected areas in Colombo, on the request of the Police.
The Police requested restraining orders in the wake of a protest walk by the NPP, observing that it could lead to public inconvenience.
Accordingly, the Fort Magistrate ordered the protesters not to enter the Presidential Secretariat, President’s House, Finance Ministry and Galle Face Green, and not to block the roads causing inconvenience to the public and motorists, between 1pm and 8pm yesterday. The protesters were also ordered to refrain from damaging public properties and engaging in any violent act.
The Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court ordered the protesters not to block the road from Lipton Roundabout to Deans Road and Symonds Road in a manner that disturbs the Hospital Square and the nearby hospitals.
Violating Court orders is an offence punishable under the Penal Code, the Police added.