The baby elephant named ‘Samadhi’ in the custody of The Wildlife Department was being taken to the Pinnawela Elephant orphanage.
Colombo Additional Magistrate recently ordered that the elephant be taken into Wildlife Department custody, from the possession of suspect Samarappulige Niraj Roshan alias Ali Roshan, who is considered the mastermind behind the racket were illegally caught wild elephant calves are being sold to third parties.
The Additional Magistrate made this order taking into consideration the facts presented by Wild Life Department, CID and Counsel Aruna Laksiri who appeared for the Environmental and Cultural Studies Centre. They challenged in Court the former Magistrate’s order to release the elephant calf on a Rs.5 million bond in 2014.
The prosecutors alleged that the investigations have revealed that the Samarappulige Niraj Roshan alias Ali Roshan was directly involved in selling 39 wild elephants and the captured elephant calves being sold for a period of 15 years.
The United States has told Sri Lanka that the disposition of the Iranian naval vessel IRIS Bushehr and its crew is a matter for Colombo to resolve under its own laws and international obligations, while signalling it is in active talks with Sri Lanka to contain Iran’s threat to US interests.
The government today granted permission for an Iranian warship with 208 on board to enter the country.
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