It is reported that yesterday (12) a group of forest conservation officers attacked and injured a group of villagers in the Kaiveli area of Mullathivu Pudukudiirippu with a manna knife.
When the officials started to build temporary shacks from the land provided by the government, the officials took kerosene and tried to set fire to the shacks, where they were stopped by a group of local residents. It is said that the attack was carried out by forest conservation officers at that time.
Two women and a man were injured in this attack and admitted to the Pudukudiirippu Hospital.
After receiving the information regarding the incident, Pudukudiirippu Police Station Officer and a group of officials have gone to the concerned place and settled the incident.