Saturday , 16 February 2013
Buddhist movements forum has mailed handbills to 50 Muslim traders located in the Kurunagal Narammal locality giving them death threats.
The handbills read as, " Thambiya(a slang word used to call Muslims) before end of March month, pack and leave your shops or you will have to face death"
Due to this reason the Muslim businessmen located in the Narammala locality are living in fear of death and this has caused tension in the area.
The said traders have made complaints to the Naarammala police and also have made complaint to the Special Police Unit which handles crisis.
Concerning this incident, Kurunagal district Sri lanka Freedom party Organizer and Kurunagal Urban Council member Abdul Shathaar in detail explained and said, for the past many years Muslim people are living in the Kurunagal Narammala locality. There are about 50 Muslim businessmen.
On last Monday through post 50 handbills were received. These bills are mailed by a Buddhist movement forum. The wordings in the handbill are given below:
"Thambiyaa, you are exploiting our peoples money through Halal, and if you don't leave your outlets before the end of March month, you will face death....
Concerning this we made complaints to the Narammala Police station and the special police unit which handles crisis regarding religion. They notified concerning this investigation will be conducted.
Meanwhile on last Monday night, six Muslim shops at Kuruvikoduva area located at Narammala were damaged. Two Muslim who had gone for religious obligations, were assaulted by unidentified persons. Concerning this also we have lodged a complaint to the police.
This crisis is not carried out by the Buddhist monks and Buddhist from the Kurunagal district. This is a conspiracy carried out by those from outside districts.
Hence concerning this issue, we expect to hold discussions with Buddhist Bhikkus from the Kurunagal district. We are discussing with defense officials was mentioned by him.
