Muslim youth abducted in Colombo

[TamilNet, Saturday, 04 April 2009, 09:50 GMT]
A 27 year-old Muslim youth, a three-wheeler driver by profession, was abducted in Colombo Thursday morning by a group of men who followed his three-wheeler in a white van, according to the complaint lodged by his pregnant wife with the police and human rights groups in Colombo. One of the abductors had accomapnied the Muslim youth in the three-wheeler when the others in the white van abducted him.

The abducted Muslim youth is M. N. Mohamed Hakim, the father of a child and a resident of Kathiranawathe, Mattaku'li in Colombo.

Abductions continue unabated in the capital city Colombo despite the strict security measures enforced and tight control of Sri Lankan Armed Forces.