A strange experience was reported by an Elephant keeper who came to Kandy for perahera duties. Although it is common for elephant drivers to have a knife in their hands, the police officers who were suspicious of this person having a knife continued to question him.
A story is reported of a man who was forced to take the elephant tied up at the Kataragama Devalaya to the police station to show the police officers to get the knife and identity card without being arrested by the police.
He said that he was the Elephant keeper who brought the elephant named Sudu Menike to the Kandy Esala Perahera this time and that he had tied the elephant at the Kataragama Devalaya premises in Kandy. and came out to drink tea He presented the identity card issued to him by the Kataragama Devalaya, but the police did not believe it and continued to question him.
Finally, the elephant keeper said that if anyone came to the Devalaya, he could show the elephant. A senior police officer in charge of the place has said that an officer cannot be sent to the devalaya.
The elephant keepet was informed to bring the elephant to collect the identity card and knife while keeping them in the custody of the police, and the elephant, Sudu Menike, was brought to the police station from among the people who had gathered to watch the procession.
After seeing the elephant, the police have taken steps to return the identity card and knife to the elephant driver.