A mob led by a Buddhist monk has threatened a woman over a saree she wore which allegedly has images of the Lord Buddha has gone viral on social media. The video was shared on social media platforms by vikalpa.org.
The incident had reportedly taken place at a bus stop in Trincomalee where the woman and two others, including a child are surrounded and threatened in the presence of the Police.
The monk is heard saying in the video that if she was not a woman he would have assaulted her.
The video shows the woman then going down and asks for forgiveness saying she did not intend to disrespect Buddhism and that she was not aware that the image printed on her saree was that of the Lord Buddha.
However, the monk refuses to let her go and insist that she is arrested by the Police.
It was reported that she was taken to the Police station where she was later asked to change into another saree before leaving the police station.
A few months back, in a similar scenario, a Muslim woman in Hasalaka was arrested for wearing a dress with images of a ship wheel since it was misunderstood to be images of dharmachakra.
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