PTA suspects acquitted by High Court
Jaffna special corr
Two persons who were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act
and kept on remand were acquitted by Jaffna High Court Judge J.
Visvanathan. Ratnam Ravisankar of Vemankamam Tellipallai and
Balasubramaniam Ravikumar of Pallal were charged with five counts under
the Prevention of Terrorism Act in the Jaffna High Court.
The two were charged with receiving training in the use of fire arms
in attacks against the army and providing food for LTTE cadres. The two
accused had been acquitted as the court rejected the confessions made to
the police as voluntary statements. |