He is quoting from an investigative report into the rearing of baby jumbos illegally, which the Anti-Corruption Front released at a media on March 16.

The mother elephant was shot dead in the jungle and the calf was brought to temples where monks preached about qualities of mothers, and without stopping there, the calf was sold.

The birth documents faked for these baby jumbos give their place of birth as Maharagama, he said.

The former president had given six baby elephants through presidential seal to his relatives, friends and bodyguards like a father distributing his property among his offspring.

Noting that Uduwe Dhammaloka Thera had been arrested for keeping an elephant calf illegally, Kariyawasam questioned as to why that same rule was not applicable to judge Thilina Gamage who was guilty of the same offence.

The Anti-Corruption Front has submitted a detailed report to authorities concerned about unlicensed baby elephants, he said, adding that the government should hold an extensive investigation.