Leader of the Mahasohon Balakaya Amith Weerasinghe has been arrested in connection with the anti-Muslim violence in Kandy. 

Along with Weerasinghe, nine others have been arrested for attacks on Muslims in the Kandy district. These arrests have been made by the Terrorist Investigations Division. 

Apart from them , 71 other suspects have also been arrested by the Police over violence in the Kandy district. 

However, no violent incident has been reported in the Kandy district  for the past 24 hours. 

The Police, however, have imposed a curfew from 6 pm today to 6 am tomorrow as a precautionary measure.