4 Tamil civilians arrested in Katunayake HSZ

[TamilNet, Monday, 31 August 2009, 14:13 GMT]
Four Tamil civilians arrested by the police while staying with their relatives and friends in Katunayake, a High Security Zone (HSZ) in Colombo district Saturday night are still being detained in the Katunayake police station and interrogated by the Terrorism Intelligence Department (TID). All the four are natives of north and east, sources said.

The arrestees had not registered themselves with the police in the area about their stay in the location and failed to prove their identity.

They were taken into custody on receipt of information from the public that some strangers were seen in the area, police sources added.