Lists of those disappeared, abducted or killed

The following are lists of persons who have been disappeared, abducted and/or extrajudicially killed, mainly in the north and north east of Sri Lanka, between the months of October and November 2007. These names are those that have been reported to and verified by local civil groups, and publicized through the urgent appeals system of the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC).

It is widely accepted that a much larger number of persons are being disappeared and killed on a daily basis. In the south, a large number of arbitrary arrests and detentions are also occurring.

November 2007 

Victims of extrajudicial killings 

Name, (gender), address of the victim /age/date of incident/district/brief detail of the case

1. Sanmuganathan Paheeranathan (M) – Naranthanai, Jaffna / 28 / 28 October 2007 / Jaffna / Employee of Danish Demining group, was kidnapped on October 28 and shot dead. His body was found by noon the following day and sent to the Jaffna Teaching hospital on October 30.

2. Thangarajah Sujeevan (M) – Stanly Road, Jaffna / 26 / 16 November 2007 / Jaffna / His body was handed over to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital at about 10pm on the night of 16 November. There were bullet wounds on the body but it was unclear where he was shot.

3. Velupillai Sabathipillai (M) – Chavakachcheri, Thenmaradchy / 21 November 2007 / Thenmaradchy/ A father of three children from Varany in Thenmaradchy, was shot dead by unknown armed men who had come on a motorcycle. It has been reported that he had been taken for questioning the previous day by the security forces and was sent home. He was shot dead when he was passing Iyattalai after work. He was a Technical Officer in Chavakadchcheri.

4. Palaniyandy Selvarasa (M) - Jaffna / 32 / 24 November 2007 / Urumpirai / He, an employee of a trade centre, was bringing water to the establishment and was shot dead at 7am on November 24 in Urumpirai.

5. Thurairajah Jeyarasa (M) - Ananthan Vadaly Road, Ariyalai / 42 / 24 November 2007 / Jaffna / A laborer, he was shot dead by unknown persons when he was going to the cow-shed to spend the night after dinner.

6. Kantavanam Ketheesan (M) - Jaffna / 26 / 24 November 2007 / Jaffana / Private Security person on duty at the University branch of the People's Bank was shot dead by unknown persons when he was on duty.

7. Jeyakumar Kesavan (M) - Adiyapatham Road, Nallur / 25 / 25 November 2007 / Jaffna / He was shot dead by unknown armed men while he was traveling on a motorcycle from Kopay towards Jaffna at around 3:30pm.

8. Sinniah Mahalingam (M) - Kondavil / 53 / November 2007 / Jaffna / He was called out from his house by an unknown armed group which arrived by motorcycle at about 4:30pm, then they shot him dead and escaped.

9. Kanthiah Koneswaran (M) - Navaly North / 37 / November 2007 / Jaffna / A father, was shot dead by unknown persons while he was at his trading centre alone at about 11:15am.

Victims of disappearances 

Name (gender) and address of the victim/age/date of incident/district/brief detail of the case

1. Thanapalasingam Jenaskumar (M) - Columbuthurai / 28 October 2007 /Jaffna/ Kidnapped by an unknown person at 7:30pm on October 28.

2. Sivaguru Panchalingam (M) – Kuppilan, North Erlalai / 66 / 31 October 2007 / Jaffna / Kidnapped by men in a white van on October 31. He was living alone while his wife and children live abroad.  Two persons arrived on a motorcycle on the morning of the 31st and called him out of the house and were chatting to him when suddenly a white van appeared, grabbed him and sped away. It is understood that he had recently returned to Sri Lanka from Switzerland.

3. Thiyagarasa Prasanna (M) - Jaffna / November 2007 /Jaffna/ Displaced from Chavakadchcheri and living in Jaffna, was reported missing after he left for Kodikamam.

4. Rasathurai Thileepkumar (M) – Perumal, Kokkuvil west / 30 / 3 November 2007 / Jaffna / He was missing since October 3, he did not return home after leaving to worship at Perumal Temple.

5. Mahalingam Mathiseelan (M) - Erlalai East / 4 November 2007 / Jaffna/ Father of three children of Erlalai East, reported missing since October 4.

6. Shereen Sithranjan (F) – Unknown location /36 / 4 November / He was reported missing after he went out as usual for work on his motorcycle.

7. Nadarajah Nithiyarajah (M) - Thumpalai, Point Pedro /36 / 17 November 2007 / Jaffna /An electrician and father of one child, reported missing after he did not return from work that day.

8. Vadivelu Nimalarajah (M) – Kachcheri-Nallur Road, Nallur / 31/ 17 November 2007 / Jaffna / Reported missing as he did not reach home after leaving his workplace in the evening.

October 2007 

Victims of extrajudicial killings

Name (gender) and address of the victim/age/date of incident/district/brief detail of the case

1. Nadarasa Ravi (M) - Velanai Jaffna/ na / 2 October 2007 / Jaffna / While he was in his house at Velanai, Jafffna, an armed group came there and called him by his name. When he came out, they shot him several times then he died.

2. A person (M) - Batticaloa / 41 / 2 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was shot and killed by an unknown armed group.

3. S. Nirmalanathan (M) - Nallur / 24 / 3 October 2007 / Jaffna / He had a tea boutique near Nachchimar Temple, Jaffna. On that day an unknown armed group came there and shot him inside the tea boutique. He died immediately.

4. S. Sivajikaneshan (M) - Alvai, Vadduwaththai, Vadamaradchi / 56 / 3 October 2007 / Jaffna / An unidentified gunman entered his restaurant near Mayakkai Pillaiyar Temple, Alvai and shot him.

5. Suntharam Jeyaraja (M) – Kamparmalai, Valvettithurai / 34 / 4 October 2007 / Jaffna /
About 3:30am, during curfew, an armed group came there in a vehicle, shot and killed him in his own house.

6. Krishnasamy Palasupramaniyam (M) - Pololy South, Thuraiyamunai / 50 / 4 October 2007 / Jaffna/ He was shot dead by an armed group in his own business centre at Manthikai, which is in the High Security Zone. This happened at about 8:30am.

7. Two corpses – Batticaloa / 4 October 2007 / Batticaloa / Two corpses were found near the Siththandy Railway Station at Eravur Batticaloa.

8. One person (M) - Jaffna / 4 October 2007 / Jaffna / An army intelligence group (four persons) shot and killed the man at the village of Konavil in Kokuvil at around 6pm. The body is not identified.

9. Two corpses / 5 October 2007 / Puttalam / Two corpses were found near the Chilaw seashore at Puttalam. They were blindfolded.

10. One corpse 6 October 2007 / Colombo / People found one corpse which was thrown in the river in the suburbs of Colombo.

11. S. Mahinan (M) - Jaffna / 60 / 7 October 2007 / Colombo / A professor of mathematics from the University of Jaffna was killed at Kollupiddy, Colombo. The body showed marks of torture.

12. A person (M) / 8 October 2007 / Jaffna / At about 6pm, a Military Intelligence Group coming by a motorbike shot and killed him. The body was not identified.

13. Kathirkamar Ravichsanthiran (M), Father of Ravichsanthiran (no. 14) – Vavuniya / 50 / 10 October 2007 / Vavuniya.

14. Ravichsanthiran (M), Son of Kathirkamar (no. 13) – Vavuniya / 20 / 10 October 2007 / Vavuniya
[A father (no. 13) and his son (no 14) were killed by an unknown gang at Kanesapuram Vavuniya within 15 minutes interval]

15. A youth (M) 10 October 2007 / Colombo / While he was walking on the road in Colombo Habour area at about 9:30am, an unknown group came by car and shot him and escaped. He was mortally wounded and immediately taken to the Colombo National Hospital, but died.

16. A person (M) / app. 35 / 12 October 2007 / Jaffna / At about 9:30am he was shot and killed by the Sri Lankan Army near the Jaffna Kurunagar Water Tank.

17. A person (M) / 58 / 12 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was murdered by an unknown armed group at Valvettithurai in Jaffna.

18. Jeyarajah Kanthasamy (M) - Batticaloa / 20 / 15 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He went to Santhivei, Batticaloa to meet his relations. On his way back home he was shot and killed by an unknown armed group.

19. M. Uvais (M) / 15 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was running a trade center on main street of Akkaraipattu Amparai. At around 7:30pm, an armed group came by and shot him to death.

20. Two persons (M) – Moothur Trincomalee / na / 16 October 2007 / Trincomalee / They were shot and killed in Narayanapuram Moothur in Trincomalee.

21. Kanapathippillai Pathmanathan (M) – 10th Word Pungudutheevu Jaffna / 52 / 17 October 2007 / Jaffna / He had a trade center at Punkudutheevu in Jaffna. When he was in his shop, Sri Lankan Intelligence group on three motor bikes entered the shop pretending to buy things. They unexpectedly shot him to death.

22. A person (M) 17 October 2007 / Trincomalee / He was shot and killed by unknown persons at Kiliveddy in Trincomalee.

23. P. Kumarasuwamy (M) / 57 / 18 October 2007 / Vavuniya / He, the village headman, was shot and killed by an unknown armed group at Goods Shed road, Thonikkal, Vavuniya.

24. Jebamalai Jesuthasan (M) / 55 / 18 October 2007 / Mannar 

25. Maximus Milaxsini (F) / 15 / 18 October 2007 / Mannar

26. Maximus Dilaxsan (M) / 11 / 18 October 2007 / Mannar

[While three members of one family (no. 24, 25 & 26) were going to India as asylum seekers by boat at Pesalai Mannar, the Sri Lankan navy shot and killed all of them]

27. Sithamparam (M) – Eravur Batticaloa / 55 / 19 October 2007 / Batticaloa / A paramilitary group shot and killed him at Eravur Batticaloa.

28. Piratheepan Sivarasa (M) - Veeramunai Amparai / 29 / 19 October 2007 / Amparai / He went to his friend's house in Veeramunai Amparai. On the way, he was shot and killed by gunmen on bicycles.

29. Jeyarasa Thavaruban (M) - Ealalai North Jaffna / 21 / 19 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was a student of Kokuvil Hindu College in Jaffna. He was shot and killed near his home Ealalai in Jaffna by the Army.

30. A person (M) 60 / 19 October 2007 / Amparai / He was killed and his body showed marks of torture at Karaitheevu in Amparai. He was placed in the Karaitheevu hospital for identification.

31. Kannautham Peethamparam (M) – Vantharumoolai Batticalao / 55 / 20 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was sleeping in his home with his three children. At about 1am an unknown armed group came and shot him to death. His wife reported the incident to the Eravur police station.

32. Two persons (both male) – Vantharumoolai Batticaloa / 20 and 24 / 20 October 2007 / Amparai / They were shot and killed by unknown persons at Sammanthurai in Amparai.

33. Jeevaratnam Rajan (M) - Karaitheevu Batticaloa / 26 / 21 October 2007 / Batticaloa.

34. Kanapathippillai Saththiyaseelan (M) - Karaitheevu Batticaloa / 26 / 21 October 2007
[Both (no. 33 and 34) were recovered in front of the Addaipalam Mariyamman Temple at Sammanthurai Amparai. The public in that area alleged that an unknown paramilitary group of the Sri Lankan Army kidnapped and killed them.]

35. A person (M) - Jaffna / 74 / 21 October 2007 /Jaffna / He was shot and killed in Thenmaradchi Jaffna.

36. Sivasupramaniyam (M) - Kaithady Jaffna / 59 / 22 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was recovered with the wound by a knife at Kaithady area, Thenmaradsi in Jaffna. It is said that he was kidnapped by an unknown persons on previous day.

37. Ratnasamy Premasiry (M) - Thevanagar Trincomalee / na / 22 October 2007 / Trincomalee / When he carries fire wood on his cart, the cart went over the land mine. He died of explosion of the mine.

38. Selvamani Krisdeen Janarthanan (M) – Nallur Jaffna / 25 / 23 October 2007 / Jaffna / At about 9:10am an unknown group with guns shot and killed him on the side of the Kanthasamy Temple in Nallur in the Jaffna Point pedro road.

39. Selvanathan Parimalam Ranji (F) – Periyamadu Mannar / 20 / 25 October 2007 / Mannar

40. The infant of no 39 / na / 25 October 2007 / Mannar

41. Jeyapalasingam Kowsalya (F) – Periyamadu Mannar / 10 / 25 October 2007 / Mannar

42. Somasuntharam Jeyapalasingam (M) - Periyamadu Mannar / 61 / 25 October 2007 / Mannar
[The people numbering from 39 to 42 were displaced by the military operation and were staying in the Periyamadu refugee's camp. When the Sri Lankan military base attacked a Shell Gas at Thallady in Mannar, the Shells fell on the refugee camp and killed them]

43. A dead body (M) - Amparai / na / 25 October 2007 / Amparai / his body was recovered in the sea shore at Kathankudy in Amparai

44. Palani Selvarasa (M) / na / 25 October 2007 / Jaffna / His body was recovered with the wounds of the gun shot by the side of the Kokuvil Hindu College. His body was handed over to the Jaffna Teaching Hospital. His identity card revealed his name.

45. Two dead bodies (Both are Males) / na / 25 October 2007 / Jaffna / They were recovered with the sounds of gun shot at Kilaly area in Jaffna. They were handed over to the Jaffna teaching hospital

46. Kanagarasa Partheepan (M) - Kokkuvil East Vithanaiyar Veethy Jaffna / na / 26 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was a media personnel and shot and killed by an armed group inside the municipality boundary, near the Brown road of Jaffna.

47. Sanmuganathan Pageerathanathan (M) - Naranthani North Thanthonreeswarar Kovilady / 28 / 28 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was shot and killed by unknown gun men group in Naranthanai north Jaffna after getting him from his house. He was working in the Denis Land mines group.

48. Kunaratnam Ilanko (M) – Koththiyapulvu Batticaloa / 37 / 30 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He is a father of four children. At around 7:30pm he was abducted by Vavunatheevu police in previous day and recovered death with the wounds of the gun shot by the side of the Koththiyapulavu Kali Kovilady.

Victims of disappearances

Name (gender) and address of the victim/age/date of incident/district/brief detail of the case 

1. Aapathsakayam Sugan (M) - Meesalai East Meesalai / 1 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was missing after having gone out from his home.

2. Kanapathipillai (M) - Tharumasenan, Navali, North Jaffna / 34 / 1 October 2007 /Jaffna / He, a father of four children, was kidnapped at about 2:40am by the paramilitary who came in a white van at Navaly North in Jaffna.

3. Murugaiah Ashokkumar (M) / 32 / 1 October 2007 / Trincomalee / He and his wife were on the road at Uppuveli in Trincomalee when a group of gunmen in a white van kidnapped the man.

4. A woman (F) - Vavunatheevu / 26 / 1 October 2007 / Batticaloa / She was kidnapped by an unknown armed group of seven persons at Vavunatheevu.

5. A boy (M) - Mavadivempu / 15 / 1 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was allegedly kidnapped by members of the Karuna group.

6. Muththuthamby (M) - Jeyakanthan - Kondavil, North Jaffna / 31 / 2 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was taken by an unknown group.

7. A civilian (M) - Jaffna / 2 October 2007 / Jaffna / His disappearance was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

8. A civilian (M) - Savukkady, Eravur Batticaloa / 62 / 2 October 2007 / Batticaloa
9. A civilian (M) - Batticaloa / 2 October 2007 / Batticaloa
[They (No. 8 and 9) were kidnapped by an unknown armed group]

10. Poopalasingam Mahinthan (M) - Vadaliyadaippu, Pandaththarippu, Jaffna / 25 / 3 October 2007 / Jaffna / He went missing after he visited his relatives in Jaffna.

11. Paramasivam Nanthakumar (M) - Ayili, Karainagar Jaffna / 26 / 3 October 2007 / Jaffna / He is mentally handicapped. He has no identity card. While he was going to Jaffna, he was stopped by the Army at Siththankerny Junction and went missing.

12. A civilian (M) - Valikamam, Jaffna / 26 / 3 October 2007 / Jaffna / It was reported to the Human Rights Commission’s Jaffna branch that a civilian was missing in Valikamam.

13. A civilian (M) - Amparai / 30 / 3 October 2007 / Amparai / He was kidnapped by an unknown armed group.

14. Vinayagamoorthy Anurajah (M) - Arumukanavalar Veethy, Chundukkuli / 20 / 4 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was taken by an army intelligence group at 3:30am.

15. Thadsanamoorthy Ahilaraja (M) - Thehivalai / 22 / 4 October 2007 / Colombo / He was born in Dehiwala and is working the Lanka Expo Company at Wellawatte, Colombo. On the day he went missing he was on his way back from an official visit to Pettah.

16. Ponnaiya Thangavel (M) - Mullaitheevu / 49 / 4 October 2007 / Colombo / He went to Colombo and was staying in a lodge at Vevekanantha Street. He was taken by unknown men and disappeared.

17. A civilian (M) - Trincomalee / 44 / 5 October 2007 / Trincomalee / He was kidnapped by an armed group in a white van at Puliyankulam Trincomalee.

18. Kantharaja Sooriyaraja (M) - Uppuveli / 25 / 6 October 2007 / Trincomalee / He was taken by an armed group in a white van. This incident was reported by his parents to the Human Rights Commission, Trincomalee branch and the Sri Lankan Police, Trincomalee.

19. Fradman (M) - Palaiyoottu Trincomalee / 33 / 6 October 2007 / Trincomalee / He was the father of three children, was taken away from his home by an armed group.

20. Sinnaththurai Sriskantharasa (M) - Karaveddy Puthu Veethy / 35 / 6 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was the father of three children. On that day he went to Jaffna on duty but did not return. This incident was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

21. A civilian (M) - Vellaveli / 6 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was kidnapped by an unknown armed group at Vellaveli Batticaloa.

22. Selvanayakam Ramesh (M) - Karaveddy Karanavai West Anthiran / 25 / 7 October 2007 / Jaffna / The incident was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

23. Sinnaththamby Inthirakumar (M) - Mandan Karanavi West Karaveddy / 24 / 7 October 2007 / Jaffna / At 7:30am he disappeared in Jaffna.

24. A civilian (M) - Trincomalee / 7 October 2007 / Trincomalee / He was kidnapped by an unknown armed group at Vellaveli Batticaloa.

25. Sivalingam Sunenthiran (M) - Puthukkudiyiruppu / 33 / 8 October 2007 / Batticaloa / The father of three children, was kidnapped by a group in a white van at about 3:30pm.

26. Sivakadadsam Kamaleswaran (M) - Wellawatte / 29 / 9 October 2007 / Colombo / He is an auto driver from Wellawatte, Colombo. On that day he went to a video shop at Pamankadai. He did not return home.

27. Nadaraja Santhalinkam (M) - No 320 Manippai Veethy Five Junction / 44 / 10 October 2007 / Jaffna / The complaint was made to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

28. A civilian (M) - Velvettithurai / 10 October 2007 / Jaffna / The complaint was made to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

29. Two brothers (M) - Vavuniya / aged 11 and 14 / 10 October 2007 / They were kidnapped by unknown persons in the town of Vavuniya.

30. A civilian (M) - Batticaloa / 26 / 10 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was kidnapped by unknown armed men from his working place in Batticaloa.

31. Sinnaththamby Inthirakumar (M) - Mandan Karanavai West, Karaveddy / 11 October 2007 / Jaffna/ He was kidnapped. It was reported to the Human Rights Commission Jaffna office on the following day.

32. Suppaiya Sureshkumar (M) - Kaithady Central, Kaithady / 12 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was kidnapped and it was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

33. Pathmalinkam Thulashika (F) - 3rd Part Pungudutheevu Jaffna / 21 / 14 October 2007 / Jaffna / She was a student and was studying in a Private Tuition center. She was last seen close to the Sri Lankan Navy Camp. It was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

34. S. Vamathevan (M) - Kallappadu Mullaitheevu / 60 / 14 October 2007 / Mullaitheevu / He went fishing from Kallappadu Mullaitheevu, but did not return.

35. A civilian (M) - Vantharumoolai Batticaloa / 18 / 15 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was allegedly kidnapped from his house by members of the Karuna group.

36. A civilian (M) - Amparai / 37 / 15 October 2007 / Amparai / He was kidnapped from his home at Akkaraippattu in Amparai.

37. Rasalinkam Srikanthan (M) - Kochchikadai, Colombo / 35 / 16 October 2007 / Colombo / While he was traveling from Kochchikadai, Colombo to Wellawatte on a motorbike, he went missing. This incident was reported to the Presidential Commission on Disappearances.

38. A woman (F) - Thirunelveli Jaffna / 16 October 2007 / Jaffna / She was living in Vavuniya. From Vavuniya she came to Thirunelvely Jaffna and stayed for a short period. At that time a gang came in a white van and kidnapped her. She came from Vavuniya to see her daughter who was staying in a lodge at Maruthanarmadam and was studying. Before this incident the family was threatened with murder. The husband of the family went to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch and asked if he could stay in the Jaffna Jail for his own safety.

39. Sellaiya Rasalingam (M) - Madduvil, Chavakachcheri, Jaffna / 44 / 16 October 2007 / Jaffna / It was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch. He went for work and did not come back home.

40. Kanapathippillai Kanthasamy (M) - Piranpattu, Pandaththarippu, Jaffna / 58 / 18 October 2007 / Jaffna / He was a father of four children. He went for work and disappeared. It was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

41. A woman (F) - Kiran Batticaloa / 24 / 18 October 2007 / Batticaloa / She was allegedly kidnapped from her home by two members of the Karuna group.

42. A civilian (M) - Amparai / 19 October 2007 / Amparai / This man went to the office of the Karuna group in Amparai to enquire about the whereabouts of his son-in-law who was kidnapped. Then he too disappeared.

43. Thankavelu Kirupakaran (M) - Varani Polykandy Jaffna / 23 / 20 October 2007 / Jaffna / While he was going along the main road in Polykandy, Jaffna unknown persons in a white van kidnapped him and left.

44. Kanthasamy Kalairuban (M) - Uduppiddy Jaffna / 23 / 20 October 2007 / Jaffna / It is reported that he went from Uduppiddy in Jaffna, but did not return.

45. Piraisoody Suthakaran (M) - Samarapagu Polykandy, Jaffna / 26 / 21 October 2007 / Jaffna / An unknown armed group went to his house and threatened the house owners, and then kidnapped him.

46. A civilian (M) - Savukkady Batticaloa / 18 / 21 October 2007 / Batticaloa / He was allegedly kidnapped by the Karuna group at Savukkady Batticaloa.

47. Sanmugalingam Thaneshwary (F) - Ariyalai Jaffna / 11 / 23 October 2007 / Jaffna / She went with her friends to see the exhibition in Ramanathan Academy in Maruthanarmadam, Jaffna, but she went missing. It was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

48. Sinnaththurai Siththiravellutham (M) - Iluppaikulam, Sampaltheevu, Trincomalee / 37 / 23 October 2007 / Trincomalee / Eights armed personnel came in a white van to his home and kidnapped him at Sampaltheevu in Trincoamlee.

49. Nadarasa Looganathan (M) - Veerapperiyankulam Panankamam Mannar / 23 / 23 October 2007 / Mannar / He went to hunt at Neddankandal area in Mannar, but he did not return.

50. Somasutharam Santhakumar (M) - Ariyalai Jaffna / 37 / 26 October 2007 / Jaffna / He went to a shop and was reported missing.

51. Thavarasa Thavanesan (M) - Colombothurai Jaffna / 20 / 27 October 2007 / Jaffna / He went out from his house, but did not return. It was reported to the Human Rights Commission, Jaffna branch.

52. Kulasingam Senthuran (M) - Iyankerny Eravur, Batticaloa / 21 / 30 October 2007 / Batticaloa / Over 10 personnel of Karuna group came to his house and kidnapped him at around 9:30.

53. Sivakuru Panchalingam (M) - Kuppilan North Ealai Jaffna / 66 / 31 October 2007 / Jaffna / At around 7am, an unknown armed group in a white van came to his house and kidnapped him. His wife and children are living abroad.