Sri Lanka Crisis | Amid Protests, Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa ‘Flees’ On Naval Ship: Report

New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence as hundreds of protestors barged into his home in Colombo on Saturday, as per reviews. Amid the mounting protests demanding his resignation, a video has emerged that reveals suitcases being loaded by three males on a Sri Lanka naval ship Gajabahu. In line with native media reviews, the suitcases belong to President Rajapaksa.

“The Harbour Grasp on the Colombo Port stated {that a} group boarded the SLNS Sindurala and SLNS Gajabahu and left the port,” News1 Channel reported.

Social media footage apparently filmed at #Colombo port reveals baggage being loaded to #SriLanka @srilanka_navy ship SLNS GAJABAHU elevating fears of a VVIP or a household is leaving the nation. A voice within the background might be heard in Sinhala saying ‘Gota is leaving’ #SriLankaCrisis pic.twitter.com/xuFIt29qN2

— LankaFiles (@lankafiles) July 9, 2022

Earlier, one other video went viral on the social media exhibiting a VIP motorcade reaching the Colombo worldwide airport, the place a Sri Lanka Airways plane was parked.

In the meantime, different visuals on social media emerged exhibiting indignant protesters storming the president’s residence whereas chanting ‘Gota (the president’s nickname) go residence’. Exterior the constructing, the barricades had been overturned and a black flag was hoisted on a pole as mark of protest in opposition to the rising financial woes within the island nation.

Notably, amid the chaos, Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe knowledgeable the Get together Leaders that he’s ready to depart as Prime Minister and permit an all-Get together Authorities to take over, as per the PMO, information company ANI reported.

In line with the Sri Lankan native newspaper Every day Mirror, a number of gunshots had been heard within the air, and police deployed tear fuel in useless to disperse demonstrators who encircled the presidential residence.

In line with reviews, two individuals had been wounded.