Family members appeal for Prof. Raveendranath's release

COLOMBO: The wife and members of Prof. Raveendranath has appealed to the abducted to release him without causing any harm to him and has also appealed the University grants Commission to re-consider the letter of resignation sent by the Professor who went missing from December 15.

"Professor Raveendranath submitted his resignation letter from the post of vice chancellor to the university grants commission three months back following a threat to his post. Since then he has been staying in Dehiwala and reporting to work at the UGC Colombo. Unfortunately the UGC refused to accept the resignation."

"We the family members believe the abovementioned background may be the cause for his missing. We humbly request UGC chairman to take necessary action regarding Professor's resignation letter and we also appeal to those whoever abducted the Professor to release him as early as possible without doing any harm. This is the very urgent humble appeal from the family members who are suffering due to Professor's disappearance."

"We request higher officers to take immediate steps to release Prof. S. Raveendranath.

We understand that, Professor was abducted on 15.12.2006 after attending a Science Forum at SLAAS, Vidya Mandiraya, Vidya Mawatha, Colombo 07 and we lost contact with him after that.

So far we couldn't get any positive development from relevant authorities".