JVP parliamentary group leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake speaking on the arrest of the leader of the National Patriotic Centre Ven. Dambara Amila Thero, said that the complaint was in fact made against the driver of the Ven. Thera but the Thera had been arrested.

He said the complaint made in the Horana Police Station was against the driver who is alleged to have taken money from several people promising to send them abroad but he was still free while the Thera had been arrested and handed over to the CID.