Tamil trader abducted in Trincomalee

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 02 October 2007, 08:58 GMT]
A Tamil trader was abducted Monday night around 7:15 p.m. in Trincomalee bazaar when he was shopping with his wife. The trader has been identified as Murugiah Ashokumar, 35, a resident of Uppuveli, a suburb in the east port town.

Relatives of the abducted trader have lodged complaints with the Trincomalee police, the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and the Civil Monitoring Committee on Missing Persons located in Colombo, sources said.