Sri Lankan court remands Muslim doctor following monks protest

<p>Kurunegala Magistrate's Court&nbsp;remanded a Muslim doctor who was falsely charged of sterilising Sinhala women after protests by Buddhist monks and lawyers.&nbsp;</p> <p>Buddhist monks and lawyers claimed that releasing the doctor, Mohamed Shafi,&nbsp; could lead to violence in Kurunegala.</p> <p>Despite the State saying it had no objections to bail, the court ordered that Shafi be remanded for another two weeks.&nbsp;</p> <p>Court documents seen by AFP show that Sri Lanka’s Criminal Investigations Department&nbsp;found no evidence to support any of the allegations against Shafi&nbsp;and instead said that Deputy Inspector General of Police Kithsiri Jayalath, chief in Shafi's home region of Kurunegala, fabricated evidence and fed it to Sinhalese newspapers.</p> <p>Shafi was arrested on May 24 over allegations that he had carried out illegal sterlisations of thousands of Sinhala women. The doctor was subjected to a smear campaign by Sinhala newspaper Divaina which published unsourced allegations against the doctor.&nbsp;</p>