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Police forces wife of a detained person to stop a hunger strike

01:01 Oct 22 2018 Batticaloa, Manmunai North DS Division, Batticaloa District, Eastern Province, 094, Sri Lanka

Police forces wife of a detained person to stop a hunger strike
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Rajakumarar Selvarani, wife of a detained former LTTE cardre was quoted to have said that, she had been threatened and forced by police officers to drop her hunger strike for demanding release of her husband. Kathirgamathamby Rajkumar alias Ajanthan , her husband, a former LTTE carder, was arrested purportedly in connection with the murders of two Sri Lankan police officers in Vavunathiv,
Batticaloa. Selvarani had claimed that her husband is the only breadwinner of the family and if he does not return, her children and she will have no choice other than drinking poison. Later, the hunger strike was stopped and it was reported as being based on the requests and promises of government officers and local politicians. However, she said that it had been stopped after being forced by the police.
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District: Batticaloa

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