Presidential Commission receives complaint on IPKF conduct in SL

Monday, 24 February 2014 

The Indian media has reported that the Presidential Commission on Disappearances has received a complaint on the conduct of the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) in Sri Lanka during the period of the war.

A senior panel official, who did not want to be named has been quoted in the Indian media as saying that the solitary complaint against the IPKF was received early this week, when the panel held a hearing in the north.

“However the complaint relates to a period outside the panel's purview,” the official has said.

The official has added that the panel may consider widening its scope to cover incidents related to the IPKF if more complaints were to be received.

The three-member Presidential Commission was mandated to inquire into and report on alleged abductions or disappearances during the period from June 10, 1990 to May 19, 2009 when Sri Lankan troops launched the final military campaign that led to the defeat of the LTTE and ended the civil war.