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(Lanka-e-News-20.Dec.2013, 11.55PM) National peace front leader and Central provincial council member Azad Salley revealed , the threats that were held out to three Muslim mosques recently to close them down , and the attacks launched on them were by the police . In a communiqué issued by him , Salley had stated that previously Muslim mosques were attacked by fanatical Buddhist monks of the area or by extremist groups , but on this occasion it was a police officer who committed these crimes in official capacity , and therefore constitutes a serious threat.
This police officer had outrageously said , if discussions are to be held , the mosques shall be closed. A resident had tape recorded this threat.
It is a well and widely known fact that previously when such threats and intimidations were held out , the police took no action to bring the offenders to book, and nobody had been punished so far . Since the present police department is under the President , the latter cannot under any circumstance disclaim responsibility .
The recent incident involving three mosques in Dehiwala where a police officer appeared in official capacity and threatened ,and attacks were launched thereafter , are only making the Muslim community to compulsorily lose faith in the police department under the President , Salley pinpointed.
In various media it was reported that minister Rauff Hakeem intimated this to the President , and the latter apparently knew nothing about it . In that case , who is the Lokka other than the President who is giving instructions to the police department under the President to commit these crimes ? the Muslim community is thoroughly disillusioned and disgruntled over this , Salley told with grave concern.
Since the Muslim community had already lost faith in the government and the President , Minister Rauff Hakeem for his own selfish self propulsion is enacting a drama while selling the community in order to continue doing the sordid biddings of the government , Salley charged..
Salley warned that the people are not blind though the powers that be are blind to the woes of the people after coming to power. Hence , if the President is unaware of what is happening under him , it is his duty as being in charge of the police force to identify who this ‘Lokka’ beside him who is giving orders to create ethnic unrest and attack religious places of worship . It is also his responsibility to take measures against these uncalled for and unwarranted attacks , and immediately interdict the police officer who created ethnic unrest and took the initiative to threaten ,intimidate and attack the mosques , he added.
