An 18 year old boy has been reported in missing in Jaffna on Thursday.
The youth, named Nirushan, is the son of M Thambirasa, a well-known business man, and also a prominent Tamil National Alliance (TNA) campaigner and former TNA candidate at the Northern Provincial Council election in 2013.
His father filed a complaint at Jaffna police station on Thursday, stating his son had been missing since 2pm and he feared that he had been abducted.
Nirushan, who had come from Colombo to Jaffna earlier in the day, was last seen at a restaurant in Jaffna. His mobile phone, laptop and shoes were found at the restaurant, his father said.
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