UPFA MP and five others were arrested by the Hambantota police over last week's protests and clashes in the area, police said.
Among others arrested were MPS D.V.Chanaka and Prasanna Ranaweera.
They are due to be produced before a Magistrate. Last Friday clashes broke out when the police tried to control the protest organized by the Joint Opposition.
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Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
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