INDIAN PHOTO JOURNALIST COVERING TERROR BLAST IN SRI LANKA GETS ARRESTED

An India-based Reuters photo journalist, who was in Sri Lanka to cover the aftermath of Easter Sunday bombings, was arrested by Sri Lankan police for alleged unauthorised entry into a school area.

According to NDTV reports, the journalist has been identified as, Siddiqui Ahamad Danish, who works for Reuters news agency and is based in New Delhi. He was arrested when he allegedly attempted to forcibly enter a school in Negombo city to speak to its authorities. He was arrested on the charges of unauthorised entry and has been remanded by the Negombo magistrate till May 15.

Media reports further state that, the journalist had attempted to enter the school to obtain information regarding a student killed in the bombing of St Sebastian's Church when parents who were at the school at the time alerted the police.

Danish was temporarily in the island nation to cover the aftermath of the deadly blasts which killed 253 people and injured hundreds.