Monk remanded over obstructing Mines Bureau officials in Batticaloa

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Ven. Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thero

Ven. Ampitiye Sumanarathana Thera was arrested by Batticaloa Police in connection with obstructing officers attached to the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau in Batticaloa.

Police said the monk was taken into custody over the alleged obstruction. He was subsequently produced before the Batticaloa Magistrate’s Court, which ordered that he be remanded until today (8).

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