Youth remanded in Mannar

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 05 September 2006, 11:08 GMT]
Mannar acting Magistrate M.P.Farook Monday ordered remand for a twenty three year old youth A.Jeyaseelan till September 13 on a report by Murunkan Police that the youth was alleged had been arrested by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers at Parapankandal, legal sources said.

Murunkan Police in its "B" report to court said that the SLA had taken the youth into custody Saturday afternoon on suspicion that he was a member of the auxiliary force of the Tigers, the sources said.

On the same day the suspect was handed over to Murunkan Police who in turn produced him in court Monday afternoon.