Pesalai Tamil youths released

[TamilNet, Monday, 01 May 2006, 11:28 GMT]
Mannar Additional Magistrate Mr.D.J.Pirapaharan Monday released three of eight Tamil civilians on surety bail for Rs. 10,000 each and put off further inquiry for May 8. The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) in a search operation conducted in the Pesalai refugee camp located along Talaimannar-Mannar road Sunday morning earlier had taken eight persons into custody, legal sources said.

Of the eight, Talaimannar Police released five suspects after the inquiry.

Meanwhile, Mannar Police on Monday released on police bail the three Tamil civilians who were arrested and handed over to them by the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) in a search operation conducted by them Sunday evening in Panankattikottu, a village in Mannar district, sources said.