Saw this c0çk up myself and must admit will choose Sri Lankan for a flight to Chennai over Emirates because of it.
Do not want to go any where near the place if that is how amateurish and naive the authorities are. I take paracetamol on occasion you know! Do not want to find that on the banned list the hard way...
Emirates, better start re thinking your A380 order if your national authorities are going to carry on like that!