Colombo/New Delhi: The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Tuesday night strongly denied rumours circulating on social media that “certain” political persons and their families had fled to India, amid the political turmoil and violence gripping the island nation.
The Indian High Commission said the rumours are “fake and blatantly false and devoid of any truth or substance”.
“High Commission has recently noticed rumours circulating in sections ofmedia & social media that certain political persons and their families have fled to India.
“These are fake and blatantly false reports, devoid of any truth or substance. High Commission strongly denies them,” it said.
Sri Lanka has been engulfed in a spiral of political violence since yesterday, after pro-government mobs clashed with the anti-government protesters in Colombo. The violence refused to die down despite the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister, with a large mob attacking his Temple Trees home and also burning down a house of the prime minister in another town.
On Tuesday protesters gathered outside the Trincomalee Naval Base amid reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family members are gathered there, and that they may flee the country using the sea route.
