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A photo journalist of Reuters who had been covering the situation in Sri Lanka aftermath of Easter Sunday attacks had been arrested on 2nd May 2019, Sri Lanka brief reports. This arrest has occurred nearby the Maris Stella College in Negambo, and the arrested journalist – Danish Siddik is a Delhi based photo journalist. Authorities have told the media that the journalist was presented before a local magistrate prior to the remanding. The journalist had come there to find out information regarding a student who had been killed during the bomb attack in Katuwapitiya church. The website further reports that Police had acted based on a complaint made by the school management as journalist had trespassed into the school premises and he was ordered to be remanded from 2nd May to 15th of May. However he has been granted bail the next day. Reuters have declined to comment on the incident.14Siddhik is a member of the 7 member Reuters’ team who won Pulitzer award for feature photography journalism in 2018 for reporting violence faced by Rohingya community in August 2017.