The petitioner alleges damage to his reputation due to the matter and seeks Rs. 25 million in damages.

The IGP, director of the CID and several others have been cited as respondents.

Arrest suspects

Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Front accuses police of avoiding the arrest of Uduwe Thera over the keeping of a baby elephant without a license at Allen Methiniyarama Vihara in Polhengoda.

There is belief the police do not receive telephone calls from the top political leadership now, but police continue to adopt double standards when dealing with individual cases, its consultant Rajith Keerthi Tennakoon told the media in Colomb today.

He asked the president and the environment minister as to how long the Thera would remain escaped from the charge.

Lawlessness should be ended and if the country is to believe that police are above politics, the accused should be arrested immediately, and the IGP should act accordingly, he said.