On the 05th of January 2014 at approximately 5 p.m, a Buddhist monk conducting a meeting held at the village school on observing Buddhist rituals, began to speak (from a loud speaker) against the religious worship activities of the Pastor of the Rathgama Christian Church in Rathgama in the Galle district.

The Buddhist monk stated that the pastor’s church was an unauthorized place of worship and falsely accused the pastor of unethically converting those in the village. As the pastor’s premises is only a few meters away from the village school, he was able to hear the false allegations spoken against him and his church.

Later on, at approximately 8.50 p.m. the pastor heard vehicles constantly driving past his premises. At around 9.10 p.m. someone knocked on the front door of his house. As the pastor was suspicious, he questioned who it was, but the intruders refused to identify themselves.

They continued to knock on the door and after a while they said a sick person needs healing and asked the pastor to open the door. As the pastor became more suspicious concerning the circumstances, he stated loudly that he will call the area police station.

Immediately the group of unidentified assailants began to attack the glass windows with poles. The pastor immediately alerted the area police station; the police officers arrived at the location and recorded a statement given by the pastor.

All the glass windows were broken and the pastor suffered damages to the value of Sri Lankan Rupees 50,000.
source:NCEASL(nceasl.org)