8.5.2008
A
bomb disposal squad from Maussakelle Army camp control-blasted
what was said to be an unattended parcel which had caused
fear and panic among hundreds of devotees' pilgriming
Sri Pada yesterday evening (May 7) in Rathnapura.
According
to Nalathanni Police sources, the Chief Incumbent at Sri
Pada Ven. Dampahala Seelananda Thera had immediately noticed
the Police after a suspicious box was detected by a labour,
left on a roof of a public lavatory at the Vihara premises.
On
information, the Nallathanni Police and Army have rushed
to the scene and immediately laid a combined cordon in
the area and later it was ascertained the parcel contained
nothing dangerous except two battery cells.
Thus
the public is been urged to keep constant alertness of
the surroundings while assisting security forces to avert
every possible terrorist attempt to disturb normalcy.