India-based photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was in Sri Lanka to cover the aftermath of Easter Sunday bombings that left over 250 dead, was arrested by Sri Lankan police for alleged unauthorised entry into a school.
Siddiqui works for Reuters news agency and is based in New Delhi. He allegedly attempted to forcibly enter a school.
He was then arrested by the Sri Lankan police on the charges of unauthorised entry and was later remanded by the Negombo magistrate till May 15, police said.
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Local media reports said Siddiqui had attempted to enter the school to obtain information regarding a student killed in the bombing of St Sebastian's Church when parents who were at the school at the time alerted the police.
He was there temporarily for the coverage of the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed over 250 people and wounded nearly 500 others.
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Danish Siddiqui recently won Pulitzer Prize for covering atrocities against Rohingyas in Myanmar. He was part of the Reuters team along with Adnan Abidi and Cathal McNaughton that won the prize.