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Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Tuesday, June 6, 2017
11 Days Later, Police Say Hunt For BBS Gnanasara Continuing
A cat and mouse game ensued between the police and Bodu Bala Sena’s (BBS) Galagoda Atte Gnanasara who
continues to evade his arrest, 11 days since the police deployed units
to apprehend him. However, Police Spokesman DIG Priyantha Jayakody
assured that the hunt for Gnanasara had not ceased and units were
continuing their search to apprehend him.
Meanwhile, police have also questioned the doctor who claimed to have
treated Gnanasara and had issued a medical certificate to be produced in
court claiming that the monk was suffering from ill health.
“It has become obvious that Ven. Gnanasara admitted himself to a not
very prominent medical centre in Navinna on 31st May early morning, in
an attempt to avoid being present in court. He had admitted himself at
4.30 am and then soon after the court proceedings were over he had got
himself discharged on the same day and disappeared again,” DIG Jayakody
told Colombo Telegraph.
According to the police spokesman, the medical certificate issued by the
doctor in question was unaccepted as it was a handwritten letter. “Even
the medical certificate that was issued is not in formal order, as it
is not in a printed form, but just a handwritten letter,” he said. DIG
Jayakody also said that the police will lodge a complaint to the Sri
Lanka Medical Council against the doctor who had issued the questionable
medical certificate through Gnanasara’s lawyers.
With the two week mark nearing since the police said that it had
deployed several units to arrest Gnanasara on several charges, including
for inciting religious disharmony, when pointed out that the police
have been blamed for inaction in this case, DIG Jayakody said that this
is not the only case that the police is handling but investigations are
very much on and the search for the monk is continuing. “He is in
hiding, but we are continuing investigations to apprehend him,” DIG
Jayakody added.