The economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka continues to deepen. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country and Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed acting president. In such a situation, in an all-party meeting, the opposition expressed its opposition to Ranil Wickremesinghe becoming the caretaker President and demanded a special session on Thursday. Meanwhile, protesters gathered outside Ranil Wickremesinghe's office.
Tear gas shells were fired at protesters in Colombo. Due to which one person died. It is being told that the person died due to suffocation. According to the Sri Lanka Daily Mirror, a 26-year-old protester, who was hospitalized after tear gas shells were fired outside the prime minister's office at Flower Road, died of shortness of breath. The protester was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Colombo.
Protesters Captured
The protesters have also occupied the Prime Minister's Office after the President's residence. Demonstrators are still standing in the Prime Minister's Office. Several pictures of the Prime Minister's Office are becoming viral on social media. Let us tell you that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left for Maldives on Wednesday in an army aircraft and now it is being told that Gotabaya Rajapaksa can go to Singapore.