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‘Release my husband’ demands wife of former LTTE cadre
Photograph: Selvarany and her children protesting for Ajanthan's release last year.
02 May 2019
The wife of a former LTTE cadre who has been held for more than five
months without charge has demanded his release, at an emotional press
conference in Batticaloa yesterday.
Kathirgamathamby Rajakumarar, also known as Ajanthan, was arrested by
Sri Lankan police over claims he was involved in the murder of two Sri
Lankan policemen in Vavunathivu in November last year.
However, three men detained following the Easter Sunday attacks have
reportedly claimed responsibility for the assassinations. The men,
currently in CID custody after multiple raids and a crackdown on the
Islamist extremist network on the island, said they had been responsible
for the killing of the officers as well as the damage to Buddhist
stupas in Mawanella. Amidst raids carried out in the wake of the Easter
Sunday bombings, a gun found in a house in Kalmunai is believed to be a
missing police rifle from the killings.
This week, Sri Lanka’s cabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne also
claimed at least four army officers were involved in organising the
assassination.
Ajanthan though remains in detention.
“It is not fair to detain my husband,” his wife Selvarany told reporters. “I will never accept this. My husband is not guilty.”
Ever since her husband’s arrest Selvarany and her children have been
struggling to cope, she said. Sri Lanka’s CID arrested her husband and
promised they would release him within three months. Without her
husband, her and her five children are suffering financially.
“I borrowed money from a relative and went to Criminal Investigation
Department in Colombo to see my husband,” she said describing the
hardships they face. “I can’t feed them three times a day… I am only
feeding them once a day. My children wash themselves with water only as I
can’t afford soap. I am living a painful life without money to buy milk
powder, to provide my kids with milk tea in the morning.”
Weeks after his arrest Selvarany and her children staged a hunger strike
calling for his release. However, after threats from Sri Lankan police,
her protest was forced to end.
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'Where is my father?' reads the sign held by Ajanthan's children last year.
Now that the alleged perpetrators have confessed, she told reporters
that she wants her husband to be allowed to come home. “The guns the
police officers carried have been found, the driver of the vehicle that
was used for the murder has also arrested,” she added. “Maithripala
Sirisena must take quick action to release my husband, who is not
guilty.”
In an emotional final plea, Selvarany said her family was desperate to
see Ajanthan back home. In tears, she told reporters, “If my husband is
not released, me and my five kids will drink poison and commit suicide.”
Photograph: Selvarany and her children protesting for Ajanthan's release last year.
02 May 2019
The wife of a former LTTE cadre who has been held for more than five
months without charge has demanded his release, at an emotional press
conference in Batticaloa yesterday.
Kathirgamathamby Rajakumarar, also known as Ajanthan, was arrested by
Sri Lankan police over claims he was involved in the murder of two Sri
Lankan policemen in Vavunathivu in November last year.
However, three men detained following the Easter Sunday attacks have
reportedly claimed responsibility for the assassinations. The men,
currently in CID custody after multiple raids and a crackdown on the
Islamist extremist network on the island, said they had been responsible
for the killing of the officers as well as the damage to Buddhist
stupas in Mawanella. Amidst raids carried out in the wake of the Easter
Sunday bombings, a gun found in a house in Kalmunai is believed to be a
missing police rifle from the killings.
This week, Sri Lanka’s cabinet spokesperson Rajitha Senaratne also
claimed at least four army officers were involved in organising the
assassination.
Ajanthan though remains in detention.
“It is not fair to detain my husband,” his wife Selvarany told reporters. “I will never accept this. My husband is not guilty.”
Ever since her husband’s arrest Selvarany and her children have been
struggling to cope, she said. Sri Lanka’s CID arrested her husband and
promised they would release him within three months. Without her
husband, her and her five children are suffering financially.
“I borrowed money from a relative and went to Criminal Investigation
Department in Colombo to see my husband,” she said describing the
hardships they face. “I can’t feed them three times a day… I am only
feeding them once a day. My children wash themselves with water only as I
can’t afford soap. I am living a painful life without money to buy milk
powder, to provide my kids with milk tea in the morning.”
Weeks after his arrest Selvarany and her children staged a hunger strike
calling for his release. However, after threats from Sri Lankan police,
her protest was forced to end.
'Where is my father?' reads the sign held by Ajanthan's children last year.
Now that the alleged perpetrators have confessed, she told reporters
that she wants her husband to be allowed to come home. “The guns the
police officers carried have been found, the driver of the vehicle that
was used for the murder has also arrested,” she added. “Maithripala
Sirisena must take quick action to release my husband, who is not
guilty.”
In an emotional final plea, Selvarany said her family was desperate to
see Ajanthan back home. In tears, she told reporters, “If my husband is
not released, me and my five kids will drink poison and commit suicide.”
