Sri Lanka arrests two local government members with LTTE links from north

The Terrorism Investigations Department (TID) of Sri Lanka has arrested two local government members from North for having terrorist links.


The TID has said that the two local government members were arrested following information received of their alleged links with the LTTE organization during the period of the war.

The two suspects have been accused of aiding the LTTE and helping the terrorists hide their haul of weapons.

The two local government members represent the governing United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and Tamil National Alliance. One member represents a local government body in the Jaffna District while the other is from the Kilinochchi District.