Mulliyavalai Police imposed ban on a small shop, owned by the one from Keppapulavu, where kerosene is sold, located in front of the Keppapulavu military camp.
Owner of this small shop stated that the police had ordered her to close down the shop, which her family has been running since they had been resettled recently.
They had been running this small shop at their own land released recently, located in front of the military camp. Stating that this small shop would be a security threat to the military camp, the Mulliyavalai Police ordered the owner of this small shop to close it down.
Owner of this small shop stated that police had told her that they were ordering her to close down the shop in accordance with the complaint made by military concerning it as a security threat to military.
While military has been enjoying revenues from the appropriated lands by depriving the livelihood of the people the police ordered her to close down the small shop, which her family has been running at their own land released recently, after getting loans to invest on it, expressed her frustration.
The occupying Sri Lanka military restricts the freedom of people in getting engaged in their livelihood at their own land even after these lands got released. If the Sri Lankan military leaves from the lands of our people, they would not be subjected to the pathetic plight like this, she added.
One of the media officers of Mullaitivu Military Headquarters contacted one of the journalists and told him that the military had not complained of it as they have no issue about this small shop. Subsequently, when the Mulliyavalai Police was asked about it, they replied that they ordered the owner to close down the shop since no permission has been taken to run a kerosene shop.
It is noteworthy that hundreds of kerosene shops have been being run for several years in Mullaitivu district and no such bans imposed on it.
