CID Officers Have Arrested Ven.Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero For Questioning Over Keeping An Elephant Calf Without A Licence

The Criminal Investigations  Department(CID) Officers have arrested Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero at his Alan Mathiniyarama Temple in Polhengoda(In Colombo) this noon for questioning regarding allegations leveled against him over kept two and half years old Elephant Calf inside the Temple.

However the Venerable Uduwe Dhammaloka Thero has stated the Elephant Calf in question was left inside his temple by someone else during a religious  ceremony(Pinkama) held there some time back and all he has done was raised the Elephant Calf with love and care.

Under the Sri Lankan law no one can keep an Elephant without a license and Uduwe Thero has been arrested for kept the Elephant Calf without a license CID has said.