Puththalam court orders remand for naval Srilanken rating
Puththalam District Judge Thursday ordered remand till April 21 for a
Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) rating for accepting a gratification on the
promise of securing release of a fisherman disappeared on February 2
at Kalpity, legal sources said.
Joseph Arul Aanandan, a fisherman left Kalpity on February 2 and did
not return home. His wife made a complaint to the Kalpity police, and
thereafter made representation to the Human Rights Commission of Sri
Lanka. The matter was also re****ted to the Presidential Commission on
the Disappeared.
Anura Christopher, brother of the disappeared fisherman, made a
complaint to the police that he had paid a gratification of about Rs:
142,000 to A.K.D.C.Suranga Kumara of Wijeya Naval Base at Kalpity on
the promise of securing the release of the missing.
But Arul Anandan has not been seen yet..
Meanwhile, the police arrested the suspect Navy rating and produced
him first at Puththalam court and then at Kalpity court. Both courts
ordered remand for the suspect.
When the suspect was produced in Puththalam court on Thursday, the
judge ordered further remand till April 21, legal sources said
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