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Monk hospitalised after alleged assault by UC member
View(s):A monk has been hospitalised after an alleged assault by a Maharagama Urban Councillor on Friday night, police said. The Ven Kottawe Hemawansa Thera, resident monk at Sudharshanaramaya in Maharagama had allegedly been assaulted by Urban Councillor Nishantha Wimalachandran and the locks of the monk’s residential quarters in the temple premises had been forcibly changed.
Maharagama Police said the assault incident was linked to an ongoing court case regarding the temple property. The monk was admitted to the Sri Jayawardanapura hospital for treatment. Mr Wimalachandran was arrested and subsequently released on bail as the injuries sustained by the monk were not serious.