Four Tamil hunger strike protesters serious

- Mar 06, 2016

Reports reaching us confirm the condition of the four inmates arrested suspected to be connected to LTTE , who are on a hunger strike is said to be serious.

 

Tamil prisoners who are arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and kept at several prisons were on a hunger and drug strike.

 

Lawyer Mangaleshwary Shankar who visited the Magazine prison to check the condition of the  inmates said that she discovered that two inmates are discharging blood with urine.

 

The protesters who are serious is denying to take saline.

 

The lawyer alleged the Attorney General department for taking action against these Tamil inmates who are imprisoned for a long time without filing action.

 

Not serious

She said despite taking a long time to take a decision against these inmates their health condition is deteriorating.

 

However the prisons department spokesperson Thushara Upuldeniya said the condition of the inmates are not serious.

 

He said although the inmates are taking food they are taking water and other liquid under doctor’s instructions.

 

He said that the prisons doctors are regularly observing the protesters and their conditions are not serious to be hospitalized.

 

Prisons spokesperson Thushara Upuldeniya said yesterday three protesters were taken to the prisons hospital and brought back following checkups.