Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera was sentenced to a 6 month imprisonment by the Homagama Magistrate for threatening Sandhya Ekneligoda within the courts premises. 

He was fined Rs. 1500 and was also ordered to pay Sandhya Ekneligoda Rs. 50,000. 

Gnanasara Thera was on May 25 found guilty of threatening missing journalist Pradeep Ekneligoda’s wife Sandhya Ekneligoda within the court premises on January 25.

On that occasion, Gnanasara Thera who was in no way connected to the case, stood up and addressed the open court, threatening Sandhya Ekneligoda in the process.

The case was filed against Gnanasara Thera under criminal harassment and intimidation under the Penal Code.