Pillayan group harasses TDNF supporters in Ka'luvaagnchikkudi

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 14 May 2008, 09:38 GMT]
A group of Pillayan paramilitary personnel, led by operative Senthooran, in the days following the Eastern Provincial Council elections, entered the houses of the supporters of Tamil Democratic National Allaiance (TDNF), a Tamil alliance consisting ex-militant and paramilitary groups, in Ka'luvaagnchikkudi area, 22 km south of Batticaloa and have attacked the supporters of the TDNF, which had won a single seat in the Batticaloa district.

The pro-government groups People Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) led by D.Siththarathan, Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) led by V.Anandasangaree, and Eelam Peoples Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF Padmanaba wing) were contesting in a the Eastern Provincial Council election under the banner Tamil Democratic National Front.