SL High Commissioner requests security for all Lankans

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SL High Commissioner requests security for all Lankans
Deplores Chennai Mahabodhi attack
Sri Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi, Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam left for Chennai this morning to seek the welfare of Buddhist monks who were injured in the attack on the Mahabodhi Temple in Chennai last night (24 Jan).
According to The Hindu Ambassador Kariyawasam is to meet with the Chief Secretary and other key officials of Tamil Nadu to express concern of the Government of Sri Lanka over the incident and request security for all Sri Lankans on pilgrimage, visiting and transiting Chennai.
High Commissioner Kariyawasam stated that in the long years of its existence, the Mahabodhi Temple in Chennai has stood without any harm.
Four Buddhist monks were injured when a gang ransacked the Mahabodhi Society Temple office, The Hindu reported citing police sources.
About 10 persons, armed with clubs, barged into the Society office and damaged a showcase and furniture. The monks, all Sri Lankan nationals who tried to intervene, were attacked.
Courtesy: The Hindu