Mentally ill man found dead in Point Pedro
[TamilNet, Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 15:41 GMT]
A family man from Alvaay who was earlier taken for interrogation, and tortured
by Sri Lanka Army (SLA) troopers, was found dead 8 days after he went
missing from Point Pedro Base Hospital in Manthikai where he was receiving
treatment for mental illness, sources in
Point Pedro said. Hospital sources said they suspect suicide.
Thiraviam Vijaykumar, 40, is
a family man who owned a motor repair garage at Nelliyadi in Vadamaraadchi. Vijayakumar's family members had reported him missing since June 12
seeking assistance to find him. Police on notification by cattle farmers that a decomposed body was lying at
Maathoo near Vara'ni in Point Pedro, recovered the body Tuesday and handed
it over to Point Pedro Base Hospital for postmortem examinations.
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