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The EPDP lacked funds and Devananda resorted to kidnapping and extortion of Sri Lankan Tamils living in Madras. [2] In 1989, Devananda and 25 others were arrested for the second time by the Indian police, this time for kidnapping a ten-year-old boy for ransom at Poonamallee High Road, Kilpauk, Madras, and imprisoned.
www.douglasdevananda.org. ^ Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources from 22 November 2019 to 12 August 2020. Kathiravelu Nythiananda Devananda, commonly known as Douglas Devananda (Tamil: டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா), is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. [1]
Website. www.cityofsandpoint.com. Sandpoint is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Bonner County, Idaho, United States. [3] Its population was 9,777 as of the 2022 census. [4] Sandpoint's major economic contributors include forest products, light manufacturing, tourism, recreation and government services.
Atputharajah Nadarajah, editor of the Thinamurasu newspaper and EPDP Member of Parliament, was shot dead in Colombo on 2 November 1999. [20] Thinamurasu is a newspaper published by the EPDP, a government backed paramilitary group. Nadarajah had criticised the EPDP in the newspaper and supported Tamil militants. [21]
The cable stated that despite being a registered political party, the EPDP continued to be "a feared paramilitary group". [16] With the assistance of the Sri Lanka Army the EPDP was "able to conduct extortion, abductions, extrajudicial killings and other criminal acts without fear of consequences" according to eyewitnesses. [16]
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The massacre took place on the night of May 13, 2006 in the villages of Allaipiddy, Puliyankoodal, and Vangalady. In all three incidents, Sri Lankan Navy entered a home and opened fire on the residents. The deadliest incident took place in Allaipiddy, where nine people, including two children, died. Three more were killed in Puliyankoodal and ...
128,610. • Density. 159/km 2 (410/sq mi) ISO 3166 code. EC-12B. The Batticaloa Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Batticaloa Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka .