(January 21, Coimbatore, Sri Lanka Guardian) The Sri Lankan Army has detained a Chennai-based woman lawyer and her associate, who went on a secret mission to Sri Lanka to find out the conditions of Tamil refugees in the island nation, pro-Tamil outfits claimed here.
The Chennai-based lady advocate, Kayal alias Angayarkanni and Thirumalai a functionary of pro-LTTE fringe outfit, Naam Tamilar Party, were allegedly detained by the Lankan Army on Wednesday near Omanthai in Vavunia district. They went to Sri Lanka on 13 January to get a first-hand information about the condition of Tamils in the refugee camps in the island nation. They were detained on 19 January after they visited the restricted area of Mullivaikal in Sri Lanka, according to K.Ramakrishnan, general secretary of the pro-LTTE outfit Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam. The LTTE leader Prabhakaran was captured and killed in Mullivaikal on 17 May, 2009 in a final offensive against the Tigers by the Lankan Army.
Kayal is the grand daughter of eminent Tamil scholar, Perunchithiranar and daughter of Iraikuruvanar, a Tamil writer.
The Marumalarchi Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam leader Vaiko has urged the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and external affairs minister S.M.Krishna to ensure the immediate release of Angayarkanni and Thirumalai.
"We have confirmed the arrest. We are going to conduct a protest in Coimbatore city today evening," said amakrishnan of Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam. - TOI
The Chennai-based lady advocate, Kayal alias Angayarkanni and Thirumalai a functionary of pro-LTTE fringe outfit, Naam Tamilar Party, were allegedly detained by the Lankan Army on Wednesday near Omanthai in Vavunia district. They went to Sri Lanka on 13 January to get a first-hand information about the condition of Tamils in the refugee camps in the island nation. They were detained on 19 January after they visited the restricted area of Mullivaikal in Sri Lanka, according to K.Ramakrishnan, general secretary of the pro-LTTE outfit Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam. The LTTE leader Prabhakaran was captured and killed in Mullivaikal on 17 May, 2009 in a final offensive against the Tigers by the Lankan Army.
Kayal is the grand daughter of eminent Tamil scholar, Perunchithiranar and daughter of Iraikuruvanar, a Tamil writer.
The Marumalarchi Dravidar Munnetra Kazhagam leader Vaiko has urged the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and external affairs minister S.M.Krishna to ensure the immediate release of Angayarkanni and Thirumalai.
"We have confirmed the arrest. We are going to conduct a protest in Coimbatore city today evening," said amakrishnan of Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam. - TOI
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