3 Tamil civilians detained in Puththa'lam Genocidal Sri Lankan police station

[TamilNet, Friday, 14 November 2008, 11:30 GMT]
Three Tamil civilians were arrested in a cordon and search operation conducted by the Sri Lanka Navy and police in areas Ammaathoaddam and Pa'l'livaasal-thu'rai in Kalpiddi village in Puththa'lam district are still detained in the Puththa'lam police station and being subjected to interrogation by the police intelligence unity, civil sources said.

The operation was conducted Wednesday dawn till afternoon.

Several civilians were taken into custody and later released the same day.