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Magistrate dismisses Police case against PS Member
Mullaitivu Magistrate S. Leninkumar this week dismissed a case filed by the Mulliyavalai Police, against a Karaithurai Paththu Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) Member T. Amalan, for allegedly disturbing the peace, by organising a protest against the Army collecting water from a public tube well in Thaniyoottu, Mullaitivu, in 2018.
Counsel for the PS Member informed court that the Army caused inconvenience to the public in the area by collecting water from the well built by the PS, to provide drinking water to the public.
The Army had used powerful motors to draw large amounts of water from the tube well, resulting in the pollution of the ground water of the entire neighbourhood of about 3,000 families, they argued.
The PS Member had visited the area with two local journalists to witness the Army personnel collecting large amounts of water from the tube well, when police from the area had immediately rushed to the scene and threatened the PS Member and the journalists, Counsel told court.
Counsel argued there had been no civil commotion or unrest in the area, as claimed by police in their case, as the PS Member and the journalists were only looking into a drinking water shortage resulting from the Army’s actions.
Judge S. Leninkumar, agreeing with Counsel for the Defence, dismissed the case filed by the police.
