It is revealed that an organized group of extremists were behind the unruly conduct near the Jubilee Post in Nugegoda last night (March 31) amidst the protests, the President’s Media Division (PMD) says. In a statement issued this morning (April 01), the PMD noted that the said group of individuals, wielding iron rods and clubs, had provoked the protestors while marching towards the presidential residence in Pengiriwatte, Mirihana. Most of them who acted in a violent manner are now under arrest and many have been identified as organized extremists, the PMD said further. The arrestees have divulged that they intended to destabilize the country by causing an unruly situation by anonymously instigating the public through social media platforms, the PMD said further. Meanwhile, a total of 45 people were arrested from the group of protestors, the police media spokesperson says. According to SSP Nihal Thalduwa, one woman is also among the arrestees. During the protest, multiple vehicles belonging to the police and the army including two buses, a jeep, three-wheeler, two motorcycles were also torched, he added. Meanwhile, an assistant superintendent of police and four other cops have also sustained injuries during the protest. They are currently receiving treatment in hospital.