20 January 2017 09:16 am Views - 8494
The complainants had said in the complaint that they received information that the missing vehicle was being used as a wedding car at a hotel in Beruwala on Tuesday but they could not locate it at the hotel.
When asked, Ven. Kelaniye Soratha Thera, a monk of the temple, said the vehicle had not gone missing and that it was parked in another place due to a technical fault.
The thera said it was parked there to repair it later as a huge amount of money was required to do so.
Ven. Soratha thera said police did not take a statement from him and that he was ready to inform the police about it when he was asked.
He said this was a false complaint lodged as a result of a dispute over property of the temple.