This, however, was a ruse. Secretly deployed forces attacked Veediya Bandara's men and took them by complete surprise. Unprepared and outnumbered, they endured a heavy defeat for the misjudgment of their leader. Veediya Bandara himself, retreated with several of his guards only to be betrayed by them as there was a hefty price on his head while Velayuda Arachchi fighting alone with enemies for make time to fall back his Master and Friends of Commanders . It is said that they were 50 men's of Kotte Army fighting Veediya Bandara for get hefty price and Maggona Arachchi fight till his death to protect his master ( Veediya Bandara) , when Tikiri Bandara Rajasinha, son of Mayadunne arrived there with a force. Rather than facing certain death, Veediya Bandara ordered Vijayakoon Mudaliya, Bodhiraja Perumal of Hiti-Imbula and Varusapperuma Arachchi to flee to Kotte and wait for his Orders but they refuse and then Veediya Bandara was angry and re - ordered to fall back and carry the Death Body of his loyal commander of Personal Bodyguard , Maggona Arachchi ( he was the childhood friend to Veediya Bandara) and then decided to surrender to price Rajasinha who in time, distinguished himself as a worrier king. After his capture, Veediya Bandara was imprisoned in Sithawaka for some time, though, he was able to escape from his prison miraculously, and found his way back to Kotte. Sources claim that Veediya Bandara was aided in his escape by Suriya Deviya, the daughter of Mayadunne, whom had fallen in love with him. Soon after, he saw to it that the debt was paid, when he took Suriya Deviya as his new bride. After the tragic death of king Bhuvanaikabahu VII, his grandson (and the son of Veediya Bandara's first marriage), Dharmapala, ascended the throne of Kotte. As his regent, Veediya Bandara assumed the governance of the kingdom. Being an opponent of the Portuguese from the start, he decided to prevent the expansion of Christianity in Kotte. This, along with several other matters, caused his relationship with the Portuguese to decline (which was not a promising one at any stage) to a point that saw him arrested and taken prisoner by the colonialists.