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Elephant-burning suspects remanded
Anuradhapura Additional Magistrate SanduniHapuarachchi has ordered the remand of three suspects until December 24 following the death of
By Ada Derana English
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The Anuradhapura Magistrate's Court has ordered that the three suspects arrested in connection with the alleged torture and setting fire to a wild elephant in the Sippukulama area of Mihintale be remanded until December 24. Subsequent investigations into the footage led the Mihintale Police to arrest three suspects, aged 42, 48, and 50, all of whom are residents of the same area.
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People
- Valahangunawawe Dammarathana Thero
- J. M. Wasantha Wijaya Kumara-were
- Pahiyangala Ananda Sagara Thero
- J. M. PrasanthaChalinda Kumara
- J. M. SisiraSenadheera
- SanduniHapuarachchi
- Amba Bo
Organisations
- Mihintale Police2
- Anuradhapura Magistrate's Court.The
- Department of Wildlife Conservation
- Anuradhapura Pandulagama division
- Anuradhapura Magistrate s Court
- Anuradhapura Magistrate's Court
- Mihinthale Police Division
Places
- Anuradhapura5
- Sippukulama2
- Mihinthale2
- Pandulagama Animal Hospital
- Abagaha Wela junction
- Ambagahawela Junction
- Mihintale.The
- Mihintale.A
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- arrested3
- suspects3
- setting3
- fire3
- connection2
- remanded2
- torture2
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