Indian officer's son abducted and released

Times Online SUNDAY, 27 MAY 2012

The 14-year-old son of the cultural officer at the Indian consulate in Jaffna was abducted by unknown persons on Friday (25th) afternoon and released yesterday morning.

Police said that P. Akesh, a Grade 9 student at St. John's College, Jaffna, was waiting after school to take a bus home to Karaveddy, when a gang arrived on motorcycles and abducted the boy. He was taken to Killinochchi, where he spent the night, and dropped off in Jaffna town on Saturday morning. The gang took Rs. 3,000 that was in the boy's wallet.

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YOUTH ABDUCTED BY FIVE PERSONS IN WHITE VAN

A female youth was abducted by an unknown group in a white van this morning (May 27) in the Kokkuvil Nallayan area in Jaffna, an Ada Derana correspondent reported.

The 23 year old woman was traveling to church when the abduction occurred at around 8.50am while reports suggest that five unidentified persons were in the vehicle during the kidnapping.

The victim was Selvarasa Archana Ambiga a resident of Urumpirai North.