Five Army personnel Remanded

Five army personnel including a Lieutenant Colonel attached to the Achchuveli Camp were remanded till  10^th October 2016  by Jaffna District Court Judge S. Satheeskaran today (27)  on charges of killing two civilians in 1998.

The Judge also directed the Achchuveli Police to produce another 11 soldiers in Court on that day. The Military Police had complained to the Achchuveli Police about the incident where two civilians were shot dead by some soldiers from the Achchuveli Camp in Jaffna.   Subsequently the Attorney General had instructed the police to file a case against the suspects under Penal Code Clause 296. The Jaffna District Court had noticed 16 soldiers to appear in Court today in connection with the incident. The five soldiers who appeared in the court today were remanded while the rest were renoticed to appear in court on  10th October 2016.