The Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA), led by MP Mano Ganesan, has extended its support for the hartal to be held on 15th August in the Northern and Eastern provinces to protest the alleged killing of a man by soldiers from the Sri Lanka Army.
In a post on’X’, MP Mano Ganesan said the TPA supports ITAK’s hartal call on Aug 15th against the disturbing arrest and killing of Tamil youth Kapil Raj.
“Questions remain: Why army arrest civilians? Why torture? Why excessive military presence in the North East provinces when there’s no war?” he added in his statement.
The Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) called for a hartal after the body of 32-year-old Edirmanasingam Kabilraj was found in the Muthuiyankaddu Tank in Oddusuddan on 09 August.
According to the ITAK, his body was found two days after he and four others were reportedly summoned to the army camp in the area and severely beaten.
The hartal is set to take place across the Northern and Eastern provinces to protest what the ITAK described as continuing military brutality. (Newswire)