Palaly Police arrested nine people for flouting the court order.

Palaly Police arrested nine people who were protesting against the unveiling of the pinnacle of Dagaba built at the Tissa Buddhist Viharaya in Palaly on Tuesday. They were protesting opposite the temple despite an order issued by the Mallakam Magistrate Court banning any protest near the Buddhist viharaya in Palaly on Tuesday. They were protesting opposite the temple despite the order issued by the Mallakam Magistrate Court prohibiting any protest against the ceremony.A private secretary of Jaffna district parliamentarian Selvathurai Gajendran, a lawyer, and a journalist are among the arrestees.