SL Police arrest Tamil youth returned from abroad

[TamilNet, Saturday, 20 September 2008, 10:59 GMT]
A 30-year-old Tamil man who returned from abroad was arrested by the Sri Lankan Police on September 12 while he was staying in a lodge located in Maradana. He is still being held in detention in the police station without any reason or any charge, according to complaints lodged by his father to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL).

Komalan Shanmuganathan, a resident of Koappaay in Jaffna district had been working in Doha, the capital of Qatar. He returned from Doha in January, got married in March, and was about to return back to Doha for work, his father, K.Shanmuganathan stated in his complaint, appealing the HRCSL to get his son released.