Students, public agitate against abduction of girl student in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 30 April 2009, 11:42 GMT]
Students and public continued their agitation for the second day Thursday in Batticaloa town and its suburbs demanding the immediate release of the eight-year-old girl student of Batticaloa Koaddaimunai Junior Viththiyaalayam who had gone missing mysteriously Tuesday, sources in Batticaloa said. Students of all the schools in Batticaloa town and its suburbs have boycotted classes in protest against the suspected abduction of the girl student.

Satheeskumar Thinusika, 8, had been missing after going to school Tuesday.

As her class teacher was on leave another teacher had marked the presence of Thinusika in the attendance register Tuesday.

Batticaloa police are conducting investigation into this matter.

Nothing is known about the fate of Thinusika even 48 hours after she had gone missing.

Traffic was congested in the streets of Batticaloa town as the students and public continued to picket the roads.

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