Sri Lanka, March 11 -- The Chief Incumbent of the Kiri Vehera in Kataragama, Ven. Kobawaka Dhamminda Thero, has left the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) after giving a statement that lasted around seven hours, according to reports.

Ven. Kobawaka Dhamminda Thero arrived at the CID this morning to provide the statement.

On Monday (10), the 'Basnayake Nilame' of the Ruhunu Kataragama Devalaya, Dishan Gunasekara, recorded a statement at the CID for nearly three hours regarding a house built by Ven. Soratha Thero of Kiri Vehera inside the Kiri Vehera premises during the tenure of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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