Mallakam Magistrate Court issued a summon to Jaffna district MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam over posters that called for demolishing illegally built Buddhist vihara in Thaiyiddy despite the MP distance himself from such reports.
The summon was issued after the police moved to the Court on the posters that went viral in social media platforms.
Earlier, anonymous fake posters were shared in social media platforms urging people to join in demolishing Buddhist shrines. MP Ponnambalam clarified that he had not issued such calls
“Despite me immediately issuing denials in my social media handles on Facebook and X and having a press conference as well issuing denials about a poster that had been circulated in the social media of me calling for people to get together to destroy the illegally built Vihare in Thieddy, the police have filed a case against me at the Mallakam Magistrate’s court based on that poster! I’ve received summons to appear in court on the 14th of February.” the MP said in his X page.
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