He has complained to his superiors that a Member of Parliament threatened Mr. Sampath Weerasekera, the Divisional Secretary of Puttalam, who went to the place yesterday afternoon on the 26th to investigate a complaint that a group of people were illegally occupying a government-owned land on the Old Mannar Road in Puttalam. Sri Lanka Latest News
A heated situation also arose there due to the member of parliament threateningly blaming the divisional secretary.
It is said that the incident took place when a group of people went to check that the land had been wired while the Divisional Secretary had prohibited anyone from entering a 10-acre land in front of the Puttalam private salt flat on the Old Mannar Road, Puttalam.
Meanwhile, a group of Puttalam residents even presented the deeds that the land belongs to them and held a protest in front of the Puttalam District Secretariat yesterday demanding that the land be given to store the harvest after the salt industry.
In this regard, Mase said in an inquiry to Mr. Alisabri Rahim, Member of Parliament of Puttalam District.
“Regarding this land, duties should be done from the Divisional Secretariat. He has no desire to come to that place. All he has to do is send officers to this place.
How does the Divisional Secretary do his duties on Sunday? He should be there on Monday. At that time, I came after I heard that the regional secretary had come there with the land smuggler. I did not threaten him. But something happened there.. This land belongs to our people in Puttalam. No one can give.
