The state of emergency in Sri Lanka has been lifted with effect from Saturday after the government decided not to present the Emergency Regulations in Parliament for approval with the improvement of the law and order situation in the island nation, nearly two weeks after it was imposed following unprecedented anti-government protests. Embattled Sri Lankan
Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had declared a state of emergency with effect from May 6 mid-night, the second time in just over a month amidst growing countrywide anti-government protests over the economic crisis.
Several social media users claim that the viral video shows Sri Lankan ministers stripped naked and interrogated in public by angry citizens. However, India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found that the men seen in this video were not MPs. They were prisoners.