Suspects arrested for setting fire to wild elephant in Mihintale further remanded

Suspects arrested for setting fire to wild elephant in Mihintale further remanded

Three individuals arrested in relation to the alleged torture and setting fire to a wild elephant in Sippukulama, Mihintale have been further remanded. MORE..

Student Who Filmed Elephant Abuse Alleges Injustice, Raises Concerns Over Free Expression • Sri Lanka Brief

A university student who documented an alleged act of cruelty against a wild elephant in the Sippikulam–Ambagahawela area of the Mihintale Police Division in Anuradhapura has complained of injustice after wildlife authorities seized his mobile phone and failed to return it, raising serious concerns about freedom of expression and the protection of citizen whistleblowers. The student filmed the incident in an effort to expose what was reportedly …