4 Tamil women arrested in Puththa’lam

[TamilNet, Monday, 11 May 2009, 14:22 GMT]
Puththa’lam police arrested Sunday four Tamil women from Vaakarai in Batticaloa district staying in a house in Va’n’naaththivillu in Puththa’lam district on information given by residents of the area. Police said that the women are being detained on orders from the Ministry of Defence.

The arrestees are detained for further inquiry as they failed to provide satisfactory reason for their presence in the location.

The suspects, at the initial inquiry, had said they had come to visit their parents but it had been found false, the police said.