Sri Lankan police say they have arrested an astrologer after he predicted serious political and economic problems for the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse.He knew that was coming. It was written in the stars.
Chandrasiri Bandara, who writes an astrology column for a pro-opposition weekly, was taken in on Thursday, police spokesman Ranjith Gunasekara said. "The CID (Criminal Investigations Department) is questioning the astrologer," Gunasekara said on Friday, adding that they wanted to find out the "basis" for the prediction.
Um? He's an astrologer. Something to do with Venus being in the fourth house and Uranus rising.
The astrologer had predicted that a planetary change on October 8 will be inauspicious for parliament and the government may not be able to arrest rising living costs -- a prediction already made by private economists.