LTTE women sea tiger leader arrested
Posted by Editor on March 3, 2015 - 6:54 pm
The former leader of the LTTE Women’s Sea Tiger Wing, Jeyaganesh Murugesu Pakeerathy, has been arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake while attempting to leave the country for France.
She is the wife of LTTE stalwart Subramaniyam Jayaganesan alias Samiraj.
The TID said that preliminary investigations had revealed that Burugesu,41, had been allegedly leading the then women’s Sea Tiger Wing from 1997 to 2000.
The convicted was produced to the Aluthkade Magistrate Court. The TID are carrying out inquiries under a 72 hours detention order.
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People in Sri Lanka and elsewhere have the right to know. Can Onlanka as a media, or anybody else please let us know where was she before the 10th of January? Was she one of the ‘POLITICAL DETAINEE’ released after the 10th of January?
Good work by the airport officials.