lankas attorney general on tuesday asked the police chief to conduct an urgent and fullfledged investigation into the violent clashes between anti and progovernment protesters in the countryprotesters set up checkpointsantigovernment protesters in sri lanka on tuesday set up a checkpoint on the road leading to the bandaranaike international airport in colombo to prevent the rajapaksa family loyalists from fleeing the country as violence and widespread protest continued against the regime over the countrys worst economic crisis in decadesmahinda rajapaksa 76 resigned as prime minister on monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil hours after his supporters attacked antigovernment protesters prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and deploy army troops in the capital the attack triggered widespread violence against prorajapaksa politicianslarge group of people have set up a checkpoint on the road leading to the katunayake airport they are trying to prevent ruling faction loyalists from fleeing the country news 1st channel reportedsri lanka gives emergency powers to militarysri lanka on tuesday gave emergency powers to its military and police to detain people without warrants after a day of clashes that killed seven people and injured more than 200 in violence that prompted prime minister mahinda rajapaksa to resignthe government outlined broad powers for the military and police to detain and question people without arrest warrantsthe military can detain people for up to 24 hours before handing them to police while private property can be searched by force including private vehicles the government said in a gazette notification on tuesdayprotests at lankan naval base housing mahindaa protest began in front of sri lankas trincomalee naval base on tuesday after reports emerged that former prime minister mahinda and some of his family members were there after leaving temple trees the official residence in colombomahinda left his official temple trees residence early on tuesday even as a mob tried to enter the premisesspeaker asks president to summon parliamentsri lankan parliament speaker mahinda yapa abeywardana on tuesday asked embattled president gotabaya to summon the house as soon as possible to discuss the current situation amid unprecedented violence and widespread protest against the governmentmahinda rajapaksa faces calls for arrestformer prime minister mahinda rajapaksa is facing calls for his arrest from the opposition for allegedly inciting violence against antigovernment protestersrajapaksa resigned as the prime minister on monday amid unprecedented economic turmoil hours after his supporters attacked antigovernment protesters prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and deploy army troops in the capital his resignation has automatically annulled the cabinet and the country is currently being run by his younger brother and president gotabaya rajapaksaattorney general tells police chief to launch probesri lankas attorney general on tuesday asked the police chief to conduct an urgent and fullfledged investigation into the clashes in the country attorney general sanjay rajaratnam has advised the inspector general of police to conduct a fullfledged investigation into the incidents of unlawful interference into the peoples constitutional rights the circumstances that led to them and the consequent commission of penal offences in the process