Ceylon Workers’ Congress leader, Arumugam Thondaman, a former minister, had been disturbed by a police request to a Hindu priest to present himself at the station to inquire into a complaint against him.
He had gone to the Dimbula Police Station gate on Saturday and reproached an officer on duty.
Mr. Thondaman had gone near the gate of the police station and sent a provincial council member to the station to call the OIC out. As the OIC had gone for a meeting with another senior officer, a sub-inspector had gone out to meet him.
Mr. Thondaman had admonished the police officer saying that it was wrong to summon a member of the clergy to the station. He had said the president and the prime minister were not called to the station whenever there was a complaint against them. The sub-inspector had agreed to go to the priest and record his statement. Mr. Thondaman had then left.
Any sensible person will understand that President and Prime Minister cannot be compared with a priest/ monk/ father/ or a moulavi?
Thondaman Questions Disrespect to a Hindu Priest
