location: Banduragoda
notes: Residents of Banduragoda area staged a demonstration during which they cut off the Divulapitiya-Meerigama road by placing a tree across the road and burning tires. The demonstration took place in relation with the arrest of a suspect who was accused of injuring a man with a sharp object while he was trying to rape his wife. Police intervened to disperse the crowd.
target_text: location: Banduragoda, fatalities: 0