Suspicious movements of tigers in the estates

• Eight suspected Tigers have been taken in to custody by the Badulla police.

These persons have been arrested owing to the suspicious behaviour when they stay in Atampitiya estate near Badulla. When questioned they have not been able to reveal a fair reason for their coming long way from their residing areas as revealed, Kallar and Potuwil. A person called Nadesan who earlier been in custody for the affiliation to blasting a bomb was identified as the leader of this group. Security establishments in the area have revealed that the Wanni tigers are interested in provoking the estate tamil community for the purposes of their cause for a separate Ealam homeland.