SLA bans outsiders entering Manatkadu at night

[TamilNet, Friday, 26 August 2005, 10:48 GMT]
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) has imposed ban on outsiders from entering Manatkadu area in Vadamaradchchi east division in the Jaffna district after 9 p.m. Only the residents of Manatkadu would be allowed to enter the village during night hours, security sources said.

Members of public from other villages are turned away by SLA soldiers manning the checkpoint at Vilankadu Junction road, which leads to Manatkadu, civil sources said.

Meanwhile, security forces stationed in the area are seen strengthening the checkpoints and bunkers of the SLA located in the coastal areas of Vadamaradchchi division, sources said.