Security deployed at Mihintale temple to be withdrawn

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All 251 policemen and Sri Lanka Army soldiers deployed to protect the Mihintale sacred area will be withdrawn today, State Minister of Defence Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon told Parliament.

This follows a complaint by the Chief incumbent who said two soldiers who were not officially assigned were found.

He expressed doubts that may be a conspiracy to assassinate him.

But the State Minister denied the claim and said they were deployed for intelligence duties and that was not unusual.

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