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Trial date set for Samuela Tawase in alleged Samabula Temple sacrilege case

Trial date set for Samuela Tawase in alleged Samabula Temple sacrilege case

By Mansi Chand
17/02/2026
The trial date has been set from the 31st of March to the 2nd of April this year in the matter where Samuela Tawase is accused of committing sacrilege in Samabula in July last year.

The 28-year-old Tawase will be represented by the Legal Aid Commission.

He has been deemed fit to stand trial.

Tawase is charged with one count of sacrilege and one count of throwing an object.

It is alleged that he jumped over the Samabula Temple fence and destroyed idols with a crowbar on 13th July last year.
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