Delhi based photo journalist arrested by Sri Lankan police for trespassing

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

The journalist, Siddiqui Ahamad Danish, was temporarily here for the coverage of the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings.

Siddiqui Ahamad Danish, who works for Delhi-based Reuters news agency was arrested when he allegedly attempted to forcibly enter a school in Negombo city to speak to its authorities.

Police said, "He was arrested on the charges of unauthorised entry and was later remanded by the Negombo magistrate till May 15".

"Siddiqui Ahamad Danish, 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", according to the local media reports.