Ten Tamils were arrested in Jaffna on Saturday evening when Sri Lankan Special Task Force troops and police engaged in sudden checking activities in the Thirunelveli and Kondavil areas.
Koppay police said that some of youths were arrested on various suspicions, others because they failed to sufficiently identify themselves.
Although parents of some of the arrested youths went to the police station to identify them, they were told by police that since they were arrested by Special Task Force troops, they could not be released without their permission.
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