'Police acting partially'-Mannar MP

[TamilNet, Friday, 01 October 2004, 07:54 GMT]
"The Police in Mannar are acting in a partial manner in bringing the situation under control", said Vanni Tamil National Alliance MP Mr. Vino Noharathalingam, Friday. "I brought the matter to the notice of the Deputy Inspector General of Police for Vanni when I met him in Mannar this morning", he said. An emergency meeting was convened Friday morning by at the truce monitoring mission office in Mannar to restore peace in the town.

Bishop of Mannar, Rt. Rev. Rayappu Joseph, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Vanni Range) Mr. Mahinda Baddawela, Mr. Noharathalingam MP, head of LTTE's political wing for Mannar Mr. S. Iniyavan and two Muslim community leaders from Karisal and Uppukkulam took part in the meeting.

"We decided to meet with Muslim community leaders in the afternoon at 3", Mr. Noharathalingam said.