Premini Thanuskodi

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name = Premini Thanuskodi


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Premini Thanuskodi was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil women who was working as a Chief Accountant for TRO a legally registered charity in Sri Lanka but considered Pro LTTE when she was kidnapped on June 302006 and was later raped and murdered. She was 25 years old. Premini was also an undergraduate at the Eastern university at Vantharumoolai. [ [http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17052 Paramilitaries abduct 5 TRO staff in Welikande] ]

Incident

Premini Thanuskodi along with other TRO employees were travelling to Kilinochchi when they stopped at the checkpoint at Welikanda near Batticaloa after that they saw a white van chasing and overtaking them later a few armed men kidnapped them and took there vehicle to a nearby Jungle . [ [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA370072006?open&of=ENG-2AS Amnesty International Sri Lanka: Fear for Safety] ] They were kept overnight and a few TRO employees were released after being interrogated during which they were tortured by the TMVP intelligence chief Sitha on the allegation of belonging to the intelligence wing of the LTTE .The male TRO employees who failed to convenience the TMVP cadres were killed later Premini was gang raped and was killed and her body was dumped in the bushes. . [ [http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/284 The tragic fate of TRO employees abducted by Karuna cadres] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4668712.stm BBC report] ] [ [http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+Asia&month=February2006&file=World_News200602025747.xml 2 TRO workers released] ]

Reaction

TRO complained to the Sri Lankan police and blamed the Tamil paramilitary of TMVP . [ [http://www.troonline.org/123aboutus.htm#TRO_Update TRO Update] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4668712.stm BBC paramilitaries to blame] ] There were appeals from Amnesty International expressing concerns about there safety. [ [http://www.amnesty.be/doc/article7274.html Amnesty Appeal for safety.] ]

Government Reaction

The Sri Lankan President called for a probe however no one has been arrested or charged. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2006/02/060205_ltte_president.shtml Swift probe ordered on TRO abductions] ]

ee also

*Krishanti Kumaraswamy
*Ilayathambi Tharsini
*Sarathambal
*Murugesapillai Koneswary

References