Tamil youth reported missing in Colombo

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 19:35 GMT]
A young construction worker from Jaffna working at the site of Colombo Mahavidyalaya Mawathe has not returned home after leaving his workplace for lunch Friday, the relatives of the youth complained to Deputy Minister Rathakrishnan, sources in Colombo said.

Markandu Suman, 25, native of Neerveali, Jaffna, and an old boy of Colombo Ka’napathi Mahaviththiyaalayam, has been staying and working in the construction site in Colombo Mahavidyalaya Mawathe since last year.

He had gone to his native village Neerveali in 2004 and had returned to Colombo in early 2007.

He has been working at the Colmbo worksite since then.

Deputy Minister Rathakrishnan has notified the details of the missing youth to all police stations in Colombo, according to sources.