Sri Lanka’s Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) arrested a young Tamil man on Friday, accusing him of being a former LTTE cadre who had not been rehabilitated, reports Uthayan.
S Mahinthan, a 28 year old man from Kodikamam in Jaffna, was arrested by TID officers who came to his house on Friday.
Mahinthan has since been held under custody at the TID camp in Vavuniya.
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