Grandmother of Boosa detainee reported missing

[TamilNet, Friday, 03 April 2009, 09:07 GMT]
A 71-year-old grandmother, a Tamil, who visited Tuesday her grandson detained in Boosa detention camp in Galle in the south, is reported missing after leaving the camp, according to complaint lodged by her realatives with Pettah police and Human Rights Commission (HRC) in Colombo. Boosa camp officials have reportedly said that she had left after seeing her grandson.

The missing grandmother is Sellan Theivanai.

Her grandson is held in Boosa camp for the past three months.

Theivanai travelled from Colombo to Boosa detention camp Tuesday morning but had failed to return home, her relatives said.