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 Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has interdicted Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
The deadline for online applications to the 2024 G.C.E. Advanced Level (A/L) Examination has been extended until July 12, the Department of Examinations said.
Gazette on new speed limit regulations to be issued within two weeks
Cabinet has approved a proposed amendment to the Constitution that a referendum would be required to extend the Presidential and Parliamentary term beyond five years.
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