Tamil youth abducted in Thampalakaamam

[TamilNet, Monday, 09 June 2008, 17:20 GMT]
A Tamil youth S.Arumugam, a farmer in Thampalakaamam, was abducted by unidentified persons Monday morning around 11:00 a.m. The abductors arrived in a white van and took the victim by force, according to complaints lodged with the Thampalakaamam police by his relatives, sources said.

Thampalakaamam, a traditional Tamil village in Trincomalee district is located about 24 km off southwest of east port town along Kandy-Trincomalee highway.

Meanwhile, the Civil Monitoring Committee based in Colombo has reported that it has received twelve complaints of abduction in ten days.