Mannar court remands Tamil youth

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 03 January 2006, 18:26 GMT]
Mannar Magistrate Mr.N.M.M.Abdulla Tuesday ordered remand till January 4 for a Tamil youth, a resident of Mallawarayan-Kaddaiadampan in Mannar when Murunkan Police produced him on a report that he was taken into custody for possessing a number plate of the LTTE organization, legal sources said.

The Sri Lanka Army took the suspect S.N.S Jude Dorin into custody on January 2 morning around 6.30 a.m. and handed over him to the Murunkan Police the same day. During the investigation a number plate issued by the LTTE was recovered from the purse of the suspect. The suspect had stated that he picked up the number plate from the road when traveling after work, sources said.

The suspect has been undergoing carpenter training in a workshop in Uyilankulam area run by a private sector organization, sources said.