Tamil name boards removed along Batticaloa - Kalmunai Road
[TamilNet, Friday, 23 September 2011, 18:47 GMT]
Tamil name boards put up by the Batticaloa Municipal Council along the border of Kaaththaakudi have been removed allegedly by the Sri Lankan police, which is engineering dissension between Tamils and Muslims, informed sources in Kaaththaakudi said. The welcome board “Va'nakkam, Batticaloa welcomes you” in Tamil has been removed and the Sri Lankan police was spreading a ‘rumour’ that certain Muslim leaders, including the Batticaloa Urban Council chairman considered “Va'nakkam” in Tamil as harem.
Name boards put up along Batticaloa-Kalmunai main road and Old Kalmunai Road within the boundary of the Batticaloa MC have been removed. The name board put up near a Christian church located close to a police sentry was also removed.
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