Seven service personnel rescued

Rafik Jalaldeen

Three soldiers and four Navy personnel who were detained by the LTTE had a pleasant surprise when troops rescued them.Lance Corporal Thennakoon of 1st Vijayaba Regiment (VIR), Lance Corporal Weerasingha of 4th Gemunu Watch (GW) and Private Ranasinghe of 6th Sinha Regiment (SR) of Sri Lanka Army and Leading Mechanical Engineer (LME), P.K.I. Pitiyakumbura, Leading Seaman (S/L) G.H.C.K.Hewage, Able Body Seaman (A/B) K.M.K.H.KumarasiriI and Recruit M.G.A.P.Bambaradeniya of Sri Lanka Navy finally saw their emancipation following the Army’s rescue operation.The four rescued sailors had fallen into LTTE hands after Sea Tigers rammed two Navy Dvoras ( P-461 & P-416) patrolling the Point Pedro seas on November 09, 2006.

The LTTE cadres had captured those sailors.One of the rescued soldiers has been captured by the LTTE in Muhamalai following clashes that took place in the early stage of the Vanni humanitarian operations.