Friday, May 17, 2013



BUSINESSMAN KIDNAPPED IN PILIYANDALA

Businessman kidnapped in Piliyandala
May 17, 2013 
A businessman has reportedly been 
kidnapped from the Siddamulla area in Piliyandala by an unknown group. 

The kidnap victim’s wife has lodged a complaint with the Piliyandala Police over the incident, the Police Spokesman’s Office said.

The complaint states that a group of individuals had arrived in a car and kidnapped the businessman yesterday. 

Piliyandala Police have launched investigations. 
Army corporal dies, 18 soldiers injured in accident
May 17, 2013 
An Army corporal was killed and 18 other soldiers were injured after a lorry toppled near the Settikulam Railway Station on the Settikulam Road, Mannar.


A lorry transporting soldiers to the Pudukulam Army Camp from the Maradamadu Army Camp was involved in the accident which occurred this morning.

Sixteen of the wounded soldiers are being treated at the Settikulam Hospital while the rest have been admitted to the Vavuniya Hospital. 

May 17, 2013
Mother jumps into well with 3 daughters A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning. 

Neighbors had managed to rescue the mother, however the three children had already perished by then, police said.

The woman’s three daughters -aged 1, 3 and 4, had drowned inside the well.

The mother of three, a resident of Thandikulam in Vavuniya, has been arrested while Vavuniya Police is conducting further investigations.