"Elect me or face conscription," paramilitary operative threatens voters

[TamilNet, Sunday, 09 March 2008, 17:11 GMT]
A key paramilitary operative of the TMVP participating in the local elections of Ea'raavoor pattu Piratheasa Chapai (PS), Irasaiah Satheeskumar alias Anpumani, has threatened Tamil families in Vanthaa'rumoolai that unless the voters elect him, he will forcibly conscript one child per household, residents of Vanthaa'rumoolai said.

Satheeskumar has also threatened to close the link road to cultivation lands from Vanthaa'rumoolai through Uppoadai.

Irasiah Satheeskumar's name was provided by the Liberation Tigers in Geneva Talks as a key paramilitary operative is involved in abductions and murders.

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