Ethimale Police have last night (12) arrested ten persons with four locally made firearms in their possession during a sudden raid carried out at Kotiyagala in Monaragala area .
The suspects had kept the firearms in their possession to hunt animals in conserved areas and they have even engaged in selling the meat of the animals they have hunted it has been revealed.
Police have received many complaints against them on hunting animals and as a result the Police have carried out the raid.
Around 12 line houses at Balmoral Estate in Agarapathana area have been completely destroyed due to a sudden fire erupted this morning (13).
Nearly 50 persons have been displaced as a result of this according to the Agarapathana Police.
The fire was erupted in a line house and it spreads to other houses afterwards it has been revealed.
The estate workers along with the Police have doused the fire before spreading it further.
The Chief Incumbent of the Kataragama Kiri Vehera Raja Maha Temple Venerable Kobawaka Dhamminna Thero who was injured and hospitalized due to a Gun shooting incident occurred last night(13) near the Temple had airlifted to a Private Hospital in Colombo from Hambanthota Hospital today(13) under the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena.
The Venerable Thero who was first admitted to the Debarawewa Hospital and later transferred to the Hambanthota Hospital for further treatment.He had undergone a surgery in the Hospital as well.
Later under the Instructions of the President he was AIRLIFTED to Colombo.The thero and another monk of the Temple were injured due to a gun shooting done by an unidentified gunmen arrived in a Jeep last night.
The cause of the gun shooting not yet been raveled.
