At least seven people, hailing from the North-East were arrested at the Bandaranaike Airport near Colombo over the last two weeks, according to Thinakkural.
A group of six people, who were exiled in Italy, were assaulted by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) at the airport, with one 31 year old man from Puttur, Northern Province hospitalised. The others were arrested and had charges filed against them by a court in Negombo and are being held on remand.
A 22 year old from Mullaitivu was arrested on February 14, after returning from Dubai. Another person from Australia was also arrested recently according to the Tamil-language paper, and is currently being detained in Boosa prison, where an unknown number of Tamil political prisoners are detained without being charged.
Two Tamils arrested on return to Sri Lanka (06 Feb 2015)
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