The leading European representative of an anti-Tamil Tiger paramilitary group who travelled to Geneva to protest outside the peace talks in Geneva last month was arrested by Swiss authorities on long-standing criminal charges, reports said last week.
UK resident Virajah Ramaraj, reportedly a leading member of the ENDLF paramilitary group, was arrested outside the United Nations offices in Geneva on Wednesday February 22 Tamil sources said.
Ramaraj, who is the program director of the London-based TBC radio which campaigns against the Tamil Tigers, is said to have travelled to Switzerland to participate in an anti-LTTE protest timed to coincide with the Norwegian brokered talks and been picked up when the protest drew police attention.
Press reports said that the demonstration in Geneva which, like a similar event Ramaraj had helped organise in UK three days earlier, had drawn only a handful of people.
Some of the protestors had chanted abusive comments, drawing police attention and investigating officers had nabbed Ramraj, who the reports said, is wanted on numerous criminal charges dating from a period he had been resident in Switzerland.
Organisers of the demonstration in Geneva, meanwhile claimed LTTE supporters had attempted to kidnap one or Ramraj’s associates, . Investigating Swiss police have found no evidence to substantiate the claim.
UK resident Virajah Ramaraj, reportedly a leading member of the ENDLF paramilitary group, was arrested outside the United Nations offices in Geneva on Wednesday February 22 Tamil sources said.
Ramaraj, who is the program director of the London-based TBC radio which campaigns against the Tamil Tigers, is said to have travelled to Switzerland to participate in an anti-LTTE protest timed to coincide with the Norwegian brokered talks and been picked up when the protest drew police attention.
Press reports said that the demonstration in Geneva which, like a similar event Ramaraj had helped organise in UK three days earlier, had drawn only a handful of people.
Some of the protestors had chanted abusive comments, drawing police attention and investigating officers had nabbed Ramraj, who the reports said, is wanted on numerous criminal charges dating from a period he had been resident in Switzerland.
Organisers of the demonstration in Geneva, meanwhile claimed LTTE supporters had attempted to kidnap one or Ramraj’s associates, . Investigating Swiss police have found no evidence to substantiate the claim.
