Tamil farmer abducted in Sambaltivu

Unidentified armed men Monday night around 8:00 p.m. abducted a Tamil farmer from his house in Iluppaikulam, Sambaltivu village, about 7 km off north of Trincomalee town, civil sources in Trincomalee said.

The area comes under the Uppuveli police division. The abducted has been identified as 37 year-old  Sinnathurai Sithiravelautham, according to a complaint lodged with the Uppuveli police by his relatives. Eight armed persons went in a white van to Iluppaikulam, entered the house of Sithiravelautham and took him forcibly, relatives said in their complaint.