Eight ex-LTTE suspects released

(Published in Daily Mirror on 02/06/2016)

By Shehan Chamika Silva

Eight former LTTE suspects, who were on bail were ordered to be discharged from the cases on the instructions of the Attorney General by Colombo Additional Magistrate Aruni Attigalle.

They were earlier detained over the allegations under the Prevention of Terrorist Act. Earlier, the court had released 39 LTTE suspects on bail, who were also detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.

Meanwhile, Bagirathi Murugesu, an alleged leader of the LTTE Sea Tiger Division, who was arrested at the BIA on March 2, 2015 on her arrival from France, was also discharged.