Navy arrests 29 Tamil refugees in Talaimannar Sea
[TamilNet, Saturday, 03 July 2004, 09:13 GMT]
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Friday early morning arrested 29 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees
and four boatmen in the Talaimannar Sea when they were returning from
Rameswaram in South India. Refugees and boatmen were later handed over to
the Talaimannar Police.
The Police Saturday produced all the thirty-three persons in the Mannar
Magistrates' Court. Acting Magistrate Mr. M.P.Farook remanded the four
boatmen who are natives of Pesalai in Mannar district till 16 July for
allegedly transporting Sri Lankan Tamil refugees without permission, legal
sources said. The acting Magistrate further ordered civil officials that all the 29
refugees to be sent to their native villages in the districts of Vavuniya,
Kilinochchi, Mannar and Batticaloa, the sources said.
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