TID arrests four in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 24 October 2001, 18:41 GMT]
The Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) of the Sri Lanka Police Tuesday arrested four persons, including a woman, in Batticaloa. A special team that came from Colombo made the arrests. The four were taken to Colombo for detention and inquiry, Police sources said Wednesday.

The TID group from Colombo arrested Mr. Alfred Jesudason, 54, of School Road in Jeyanthipuram, an outer suburb of Batticaloa town.

The TID sought the arrest of the owner of a telephone booth in Morakkottanchenai, 26 kilometres north of Batticaloa. It could not find the owner and hence arrested his wife, Mrs.Mahendran Shathini, 28, her father, Mr.Malaiyappan Mylvaganam, 55, and her brother-in-law Mr. Yuvaraj Puvanesarajah, 22.