2 children with their mother reported missing from Mannaar hospital

[TamilNet, Sunday, 01 March 2009, 18:32 GMT]
A young mother and her two children, injured in Vanni and admitted to Mannaar general hospital by the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) are reported missing from the hospital, which is under strict security measures of the government, since Friday afternoon, according to a complaint lodged with Mannaar police.

The mother who had gone missing with her children was identified as Sakunthala, a resident of Ki’linochchi.

Mannaar police have tightened security of the hospital surroundings while visitors and relatives of patients are not allowed to enter the hospital.