Eight Tamils were abducted in Colombo and two in Puttalam over the course of five days. The abductors had released one victim after keeping him blindfolded for a day, but nine are still missing, the Civil Monitoring Commission reported on January 12.
The fate of Professor S. Raveendranath, the Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, abducted December 15 in Colombo's High Security area, remains unknown.
The following details were released to the media:
● Thomas Jesudason, 37, of Jampettah St in Colombo 13 was abducted on 7 January from Galpotha Street in Colombo 13.
● Vairamuthu Varadarasan, 40, of Stadium Gama in Colombo 14 was abducted on 7 January from near his home.
● Kandhasamy Soundrakumar, 27, of Grandpass Rd in Colombo 14 was abducted on 8 January Wellawatte, Colombo 06.
● Selavarasa Madhi of St Marys Rd, Mattakuliya was abducted on 8 January from near home.
● Selladorai Devendran alias Vijayan, 53, of Aluthmawatha Rd in Colombo 15 was abducted on 9 January from his home. He had been kept in custody, blind folded, for a full day. The abductors released him near his home on 10 January.
● Sivasubramaniyam Sridhran, 25, and M. Suvendran, 24, both of Garment watte, Karande, Puttalam were abducted on 9 January.
● S. N. Ketheeswaran, 31, and S. N. Kanapathy Nadar, 27, both brothers of 328/9 Aluthmawatha Rd in Colombo 15 were abducted on 10 January from near their home.
● Rashan Savarimuthu, 15, of 23/1 Jubilee Mawatha in Colombo 15 was abducted from near home on 11 January.
The Civil Monitoring Commission is chaired by Srithunga Jayasooriya, leader of the United Socialist Party, and comprises Mano Ganesan, leader of the Western Province People's Front and Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne, leader of the New Left Front. It was set up by the United People's Movement (UPM) to address and intervene against abductions, involuntary disappearances, extra judicial killings and extortions.
The fate of Professor S. Raveendranath, the Vice Chancellor of Eastern University, abducted December 15 in Colombo's High Security area, remains unknown.
The following details were released to the media:
● Thomas Jesudason, 37, of Jampettah St in Colombo 13 was abducted on 7 January from Galpotha Street in Colombo 13.
● Vairamuthu Varadarasan, 40, of Stadium Gama in Colombo 14 was abducted on 7 January from near his home.
● Kandhasamy Soundrakumar, 27, of Grandpass Rd in Colombo 14 was abducted on 8 January Wellawatte, Colombo 06.
● Selavarasa Madhi of St Marys Rd, Mattakuliya was abducted on 8 January from near home.
● Selladorai Devendran alias Vijayan, 53, of Aluthmawatha Rd in Colombo 15 was abducted on 9 January from his home. He had been kept in custody, blind folded, for a full day. The abductors released him near his home on 10 January.
● Sivasubramaniyam Sridhran, 25, and M. Suvendran, 24, both of Garment watte, Karande, Puttalam were abducted on 9 January.
● S. N. Ketheeswaran, 31, and S. N. Kanapathy Nadar, 27, both brothers of 328/9 Aluthmawatha Rd in Colombo 15 were abducted on 10 January from near their home.
● Rashan Savarimuthu, 15, of 23/1 Jubilee Mawatha in Colombo 15 was abducted from near home on 11 January.
The Civil Monitoring Commission is chaired by Srithunga Jayasooriya, leader of the United Socialist Party, and comprises Mano Ganesan, leader of the Western Province People's Front and Dr. Vickramabahu Karunaratne, leader of the New Left Front. It was set up by the United People's Movement (UPM) to address and intervene against abductions, involuntary disappearances, extra judicial killings and extortions.
