Temple trustees arrested for conducting religious festival in Jaffna; violating health rules

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Police have arrested the chairman and secretary of the board of trustees at the Sri Kamatchi Amman Hindu temple in Jaffna for conducting a religious festival on Sunday violating health guidelines to prevent Covid spread, Police said.

A large number of devotees was present were not seen wearing face masks or following any other health guidelines during the chariot festival. (DSB)

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RoaringCreek Wednesday, 28 April 2021 08:10 AM

Good, they should be kept in isolation until the pandemic is declared over. These fellow who are driven by delusions need to learnt a lesson in real life.

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Ram Wednesday, 28 April 2021 08:14 AM

very good move. put them in jail for atleast 2 years. No one in Jaffna want to follow any guide lines. they just want to go out the way they want.

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Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 28 April 2021 08:20 AM

Way to go. They are too close to India and they want same spread like India.

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Sokrtes Wednesday, 28 April 2021 08:21 AM

What about the mayor of Nuwara Eliya who allowed all the events for the April season?

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Ravi Wednesday, 28 April 2021 08:25 AM

Hope their gods will look after them. Please don't turn up at hospitals. Go back to god where you got the virus from.

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Ronnie Bugger Wednesday, 28 April 2021 09:29 AM

What about the President, being the biggest violator of these guidelines when he goes back into villages already visited without any protection whatsoever. Even those rubbing shoulders during these events are violators who should be arrested along with Gota.

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Terrence Wednesday, 28 April 2021 09:36 AM

Equal treatment should be given to all Religious Organizations as there are grey areas when festivities we held and this is not a time for reprimanding which will have a deteriorating effect on the country

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Sri Lankan Lover Wednesday, 28 April 2021 09:57 AM

Arresting the Trustee is the right move. He violated the Covid-19 rules

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S.M. Weerawansa Wednesday, 28 April 2021 09:59 AM

Don't release him on bail, he should be sent to Kandakadu right now.

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G.M. Gamage Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:00 AM

May be he is still backing LTTE as he wants to destroy our country using a different tacktics.

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Prof. R.M. Ramasamypillai Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:01 AM

Very good. I welcome this move being a Tamil as our Jaffna idiots think that they are Superiors, selfish idiots never abide to rules.

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DDT Wednesday, 28 April 2021 10:45 AM

What about those that violated guidelines for so called avurudu festival?

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Lumbini Wednesday, 28 April 2021 11:32 AM

One country. Two rules. Why?

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Mohamed Fadlan Wednesday, 28 April 2021 11:54 AM

Avurudu shopping is now over,Nuwera Eliya races now over. Who gave permission for those ? And were any arrested ????? Food for the 6.9 Baiyyas though. They would thoroughly enjoy all this immensely. Good luck.

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Peacemaker Wednesday, 28 April 2021 01:36 PM

So the gota’s village events and other government events don’t spread the virus??

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Kumar Wednesday, 28 April 2021 03:35 PM

This is called Sinhala barbaric rule. There were mass Poya gatherings countrywide but no complain.

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Mandayan Wednesday, 28 April 2021 03:36 PM

Nagadeepa chief priest take note, you are going to be arrested too for conducting Vesak ceremonies this year there on PM Mahinda’s initiative!

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