CID who went to search for General’s son in law, instead, search the safe etc. of Temple!

The CID who went to Mihintale Raja Maha vihara in search of the General’s son in law Dhanuna Tilakaratne, had ransacked the Temple and searched the safe of the Temple, the chief incumbent of the Vihara, Walawahengunawewe Dhammaratne Thero stated.

The Ven. Thero said, if the CID had truly come to search for Dhanuna, they should have searched for him; instead they searched the safe, almirah etc. of the Temple. Surely Dhanuna cant be hidden in them, they should have had that common sense, the Ven. Thero pointed out. Although they were ostensibly searching for Dahnauna, in truth, they were aiming at intimidating and harassing me because I speak fearlessly against the Govt.’s violent and murder campaigns, he added.
At the last Presidential elections, because I spoke at Gen. Fonseka’s election campaign, appeared as a witness in the case of arson committed on Dr. John Pulle’s house and for organizing the Kandy Maha sangha convention, the authorities are sending the CID on my trail. He slated the Govt. for not providing assistance or State support to the Mihintale Rajamaha vihara, the internationally recognized Temple.