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The two baby tuskers Raju and Sindu (less than three years old) who were forcibly taken away from the Pinnawela Elephant orphanage on July 25 allegedly by Diyawadane Nilame Nilanga Dela were beaten with poles by mahouts within the Dalada Maligawa premises to force them to move away from their mother. Photo shows a mahout beating one of the tuskers with a pole while the inset photo shows Diyawadane Nilame Nilanga Dela with a pole in his hand about to hit the other animal.
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