Student kidnapped for ransom: body found in Chavakachcheri

(March 29, Jaffna, Sri Lanka Guardian) The body of a 17-year-old student, kidnapped for ransom, has been found on Saturday evening.

“A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with the crime,” said SP Prishantha Jayakody, police media spokesman.

Information has come to light that the student had been murdered and buried in the premises of the suspect's residence in the Chavakachcheri area.

The victim, who is also from Chavakachcheri, was a student of the Jaffna Hindu College.

According to the police spokesman, the parents of the student had lodged the complaint with regard to their son's disappearance on March 14.