{"id":164161,"date":"2016-06-20T11:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T06:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=164161"},"modified":"2016-06-20T12:01:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T06:31:46","slug":"uduwe-dhammaloka-indicted-over-elephant-case-released-on-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/uduwe-dhammaloka-indicted-over-elephant-case-released-on-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"Uduwe Dhammaloka Indicted Over Elephant Case, Released On Bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buddhist monk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Uduwe+Dhammaloka&amp;x=15&amp;y=8\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Uduwe Dhammaloka<\/span><\/a> was served with a charge sheet today for possessing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=elephant&amp;x=10&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">baby elephant<\/span><\/a> without a valid license. The monk was however released on bail by the Colombo High Court.<\/p>\n<p>He was released on two sureties of Rs. 10 million each, even though he pleaded not guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n<p>The case will be taken up again in August.<\/p>\n<p>In March this year, Dhammaloka was arrested and subsequently granted bail over the case.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/uduwe-dhammaloka-arrested\/uduwe-dammaloka\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-158950\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-158950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Uduwe-Dammaloka.jpg\" alt=\"Uduwe Dammaloka\" width=\"639\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Uduwe-Dammaloka.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Uduwe-Dammaloka-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Uduwe-Dammaloka-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Uduwe-Dammaloka-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":159062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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