Colombo High Court Fixed Case Against Dhammaloka Thera for hearing in September

The Department of Wildlife Conservation discovered the elephant cub at the Alan Mathiniyaramaya on January 28, 2015. The two-and-a-half-year-old elephant calf was taken into custody by them. The baby elephant was not registered under the name of Chief Incumbent Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera or the temple.

Subsequently Dhammaloka Thera was arrested on March 9, 2016, and was released on bail by Fort Magistrate Courts later. Indictment was served to Dhammaloka Thera on June 20.

When the case was taken up for hearing  this morning(2), the defence said that they had not been provided with some documents relating to the case by the AG Department.

Followed by this, the High Court instructed the AG to hand over the necessary documents to the defences and fixed the trial against Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera on September 20 and 21.