Monks of the Bodu Bala Sena organization have conducted a "search operation" in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, looking for Watareka Wijitha Thera who recently formed an organization named 'Jathika Bala sena'. 

Sources from the Ministry said the monks had stormed the Ministry premises and searched each and every room of the Ministry. Police or any other law enforcement authority has not taken any action to prevent the monks from forcibly entering the Ministry. However, a heavy police presence was seen around the Ministry when the members of Bodu Bala Sena entered the ministry premises.

The Ministry of Industry of Commerce, headed by inister Rishad Bathiudeen, is located in Colpetty. The Minister was not inside the Minister when the BBS conducted the 'search operation'. 

The group, according to sources, failed to find Watareka Wijitha Thera after the search operation which lasted for nearly one hour, from the Ministry. The monks had entered into the ministry premises despite assurances that Wijitha Thera was not in hiding inside the Ministry.