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Engine driver who allegedly knocked down 7 elephants faces legal battle
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|October 30, 2025
Activists are seeking an order directing railway authorities to investigate all wild elephant fatalities caused by train collisions during the past 12 months
Filing a Fundamental Rights petition before the Supreme Court, a group of environmental activists has sought an order calling for disciplinary and legal action against a 67-year-old engine driver who has allegedly been involved in seven separate elephant fatalities on the Batticaloa-Colombo railway line.
Five environmental activists filed this application seeking urgent judicial intervention to address the growing number of wild elephant deaths caused by train collisions.
This story is from the October 30, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka.
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