(Twitter Pic)The Nolimit store in Panadura has been completely gutted following a fire early this morning. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.
However, there are allegations that it was due to a petrol bomb attack. There are also suspicions that the fire may have been caused by an electrical short-circuit.
When contacted, Police Media Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana said while police were investigating the matter, they could not say anything at present as they were awaiting a report from the Government Analyst, who was currently proceeding to the location.
Justice Minister and Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader Rauff Hakeem visited the area a short while ago. Security has been tightened in the area as a tense situation has developed following the fire. Police and Special Task Force (STF) personnel have been deployed to maintain order.
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Jun 20, 2014 7:13:17 PM - colombotelegraph.com
The flagship store of the countrys largest Muslim clothing chain “No limit” Panadura is currently in flames after a mob set fire to it early this morning. Four fire brigade trucks are currently attempting to douse the fire, but according the eye witnesses, are failing due to the sheer magnitude of the fire. The building […]
පානදුර නෝ ලිමිට් රෙදිපිලි වෙළඳ සැල හදිසියේ ඇතිවූ ගින්නක් නිසා මුළුමනින්ම විනාශ වී ගොස් තිබේ. අළුයම 3.00ට පමණ ආරම්භ වී ඇති මෙම ගිනි ගැනීම නිවීමට උත්සාහ ගත්තද උදැසන 6.00 පමණ වනවිට එම ගොනැගිල්ල සම්පූර්ණයෙන් විනාශ වී ගොස් ඇත.
ගින්න ආරම්භ වූ ආකාරය ගැන මෙතෙක් තොරතුරු වාර්තා වී නැති අතර ගින්න හට ගනිද්දී ඇතුලේ සිටි සිව් දෙනෙකු එළියට පැන බේරී ඇතැයි ද වාර්තා වෙයි.
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