Sri Lanka, March 28 -- Colombo, March 28 () - Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Ven. Galaboda Atte Gnanasara Thera was today sentenced to four-year-rigorous imprisonment for making a hate speech against the Islamic religion on Kuragala Temple.

Colombo High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige further ordered Gnanasara Thera to pay a fine of Rs.100,000.

The Attorney General had filed the case against the BBS General Secretary on charges of causing religious and racial disunity in Sri Lanka over remarks made by him on Kuragala Temple during a media briefing held on 30 March 2016.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Daily Mirror Sri Lanka....