Order to arrest Navy Intelligence personnel involved in abducting & disappearing youths
February 12, 2017
It is reported that Colombo Fort Magistrate has ordered that the Navy Intelligence personnel who are suspected of directly involved in abducting and disappearing11 youths in 2008 to be arrested immediately and produced in Court within a month.
The abduction and disappearance of the youths had been committed between August and September in 2008. The youths who were abducted and made to disappear are Kasthuriarachchilage John Reet alias John, Rajiv Naganathan alias Malli, Pradeep Vishvanathan, Thilakeshwaran, Ramalingam, Mohommed Pajith, Jamaldeen Chilan, Avanan Lyon, Roshan Lyon, Antony Kasthiriarachchi, Thyagarajah Jegan and Mohommed Ali Anwar alias Hajjiyar.
They were residents of Kotahena, Wellawaththa, Trincomalee and Batticaloa.
Colombo Fort Magistrate Miss Lanka Jayaratna has given two weeks time to the Attorney General’s Department to provide legal advice to arrest the suspects involved in the incident. The next hearing has been fixed for 13th March.
Source: ‘Mawbima’
Colombo Fort Magistrate Miss Lanka Jayaratna has given two weeks time to the Attorney General’s Department to provide legal advice to arrest the suspects involved in the incident. The next hearing has been fixed for 13th March.
Source: ‘Mawbima’
