A stock of weapons suspected to have been hidden by the LTTE during the war was found in the Sambu Kalapuwa area of Vakarai during a search operation.

According to the Police, a team of officers from the STF Vakarai camp carried out the search operation under an order obtained from the Valachchenai Magistrate’s Court. 

The operation was conducted by a group of STF officers, including the Regional Commanding Officer (Trincomalee).

During the search, the following weapons were recovered:

• 38 RPG anti‑tank rounds
• 37 RPG chargers
• 05 SFG‑87 type live hand grenades

According to court orders, the explosives are scheduled to be safely destroyed tomorrow (08 Jan) by the STF bomb disposal unit. (Newswire)

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Batticaloa District MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam has slammed the National People’s Power (NPP) for helping the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) to establish power in the Vakarai Pradeshiya Sabha. 

The TMVP is headed by former State Minister Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias ‘Pillayan’, who remains detained in connection with the 2006 abduction and disappearance of a university vice chancellor in the Eastern Province.

Taking to ‘X’, MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam accused the NPP of supporting Pillayan’s party to secure the Vakarai Pradeshiya Sabha. 

“Today’s events at the Vakarai council have made it clear that the NPP lacks consistent principles or policies. NPP members supported the candidate from Pillayan’s TMVP, helping them secure the Chairman position, defeating the ITAK candidate,” MP Shanakiyan said. (Newswire)

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Two children have died in separate accidents reported in the Nawalapitiya and Vakarai areas within the last 24 hours ending at 8.00 am today, it was reported.

According to Lankadeepa, a 09-year-old child died after getting strangled in a baby cradle made using a saree in a house in the Montecristo Watte area in Nawalapitiya.

The Police stated that the cradle had been put up for another infant in the house and had been used as a swing by the older child during which she had accidentally gotten strangled.

Meanwhile, a 14-year-old child died after a locally made weapon had accidentally fired in the Kattamuri forest area in Vakarai, Batticaloa.

Police investigations have revealed that the incident had occurred when the child had accompanied his relatives for hunting.

Three persons aged 24, 28, and 32 years have been arrested over the incident. (NewsWire)

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