Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kama Devananda sau biyu a 1980 a karkashin Dokar Rigakafin Ta'addanci (PTA) kuma an tsare shi a kurkuku daban-daban a kasar. An sake daure shi bayan fashin banki a Thirukkovil. Ya kasance a gidan yarin Welikada lokacin da
Yuli 1983 rikicin anti-Tamil ya fara. A ranakun 25 da 27 ga watan Yulin 1983 fursunonin Sinhalese sun kashe fursunonin Tamil 53. An tura Devananda da wasu fursunoni Tamil 27 da suka tsira zuwa kurkukun Batticaloa. A ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1983, fursunonin siyasa 41 na Tamil ciki har da Devananda sun tsere daga kurkukun Batticaloa. Devananda ya gudu zuwa Tamil Nadu a Indiya.