Intelligence operatives resume post-poll intimidations in Jaffna

September 2, 2015

Kick-starting their post-poll operations in the embattled north, Sri Lanka’s police and military intelligence operatives on Tuesday morning have intimidated few families in Kokkuvil area in Jaffna.

According to sources, three men in civvies have entered at least six houses at Vithanaiyar Lane near Kokkuvil Hindu College in Jaffna and have forcibly taken down lengthy details of their family members, especially that of the youth, after introducing themselves as intelligence operatives from capital Colombo.

The incident has taken place at a time when the country was busy witnessing ceremonial unveiling of the 8th parliament by President Maithripala Sirisena, who has promised speedy restoration of good governance and ethnic reconciliation.

Speaking in broken Tamil language, these three men have behaved in a “threatening manner while collecting  details”, resulting in a panic situation in the area. The situation has turned very tensed when some of the house-owners upon being asked to put their signatures on the forms containing their details, demanded the men to prove their identity.

They, however, have refused to prove their identity simply saying that they were attached to intelligence unit. Claiming that they have taken into custody few LTTE cadres, they have said they were currently looking for more details of them.

According to reports, a mother who was threatened by these men has collapsed and currently receiving treatment at a private hospital.

The Jaffna police as usual have denied knowledge of this incident.

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