Sri Lanka, April 23 -- Sri Lanka Railways announced that the special trains from Colombo Fort to Kandy for the veneration of the Sacred Tooth Relic will not operate from tomorrow (24 April) until further notice.

The Railways General Manager said the special service has been suspended based on a request made by the police.

Earlier today, Sri Lanka Police urged the public to avoid coming tomorrow and the day after (April 24 and 25) to venerate the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy and to choose an alternate date as presently there are more than 300,000 devotees in queues awaiting to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic.

Therefore, since a sufficient number of devotees have already arrived for the exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic on the two...