Thursday, July 9, 2015

Schoolboys punished for stealing olives

From Daily News

YASARATNE GAMAGE And ASELA KURULUWANSA

Three boys studying in a leading Tamil School in Lindula who plucked wild olive (Weralu) from a tree in a private land were punished by the land owner.

The owner of the land who caught the three boys, made them kneel down and tied them together before they were subjected to assault by the same person. The incident occurred in a land on Nagasena Mawatha, Lindula on Wednesday afternoon.

The boys had plucked some wild olive on their way home after school. People in the vicinity intervened and rescued the boys from harassment and handed them over to Lindula Police. The boys in their statement to the police said they were subjected to verbal abuse and assault by the land owner for plucking olives. When Lindula Police arrested the suspect, the latter had stated that he tied the students to frighten them as they had plucked olives from his tree without permission. Lindula Police are investigating.

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