Body of youth found in Vavuniyaa

[TamilNet, Saturday, 13 September 2008, 16:28 GMT]
The body of a 25 year-old youth who is alleged to have been abducted Thursday from a lodge in Vavuniyaa town was recovered Friday morning around 9:00 a.m, at Pattaanichoor along Mannaar-Vavuniyaa road by the police on receipt of information. and postmortem report.

The youth has not been identified yet. The police handed over the body to the Vavuniyaa general hospital for identification.

It is alleged that he had been strangled to death as a piece of rope was tied around his neck. But injuries due to assault by wooden poles had also been found on the body, according to medical sources said.