Three-wheeler driver arrested at Uyilankulam army checkpoint
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 31 August 2005, 14:19 GMT]
The Sri Lanka Army Tuesday morning arrested a Muslim person Mohamed Sultan Mohamed Sahabdeen at the Uyilankulam checkpoint with the three-wheeler he was taking it to LTTE controlled Nachchikudah in the Mannar district. Mannar Magistrate Mr.N.M.M.Abdullah ordered remand for the suspect till Thursday (September 1) when the Mannar police produced him in court Wednesday evening, legal sources said.
Police told court that soldiers had arrested the suspect and handed him to them when the suspect failed to produce any document to prove that he is the owner of the three-wheeler. But further investigation into this incident had revealed that his brother was the owner of the three-wheeler, legal sources said.
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