Court remands youth on abduction complaint

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 25 February 2003, 17:56 GMT]
The Chavakachcheri Magistrate Mr.Kandiah Ariyanayagam Tuesday ordered remand till March 6 for a youth who was produced in court by the Kodikamam Police on a complaint of allegedly abducting three girls aged between 18 and 21 in a three wheeler through Muhamalai check point, legal sources said.

Representatives of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and the International Committee of Red Cross were present Tuesday in court when the case against the youth was taken up for inquiry, sources said.

Already three youths are in remand for allegedly abducting a twenty-one year old male. They were also produced in Chavakachcheri Magistrate's Court by the police, legal sources said.