LTTEer involved in Central Bank blast arrested

The Criminal Investigating Department arrested a key LTTE suspect involved in the Central Bank bomb blast in 1996. He was convicted by the Colombo High Court and sentenced to 200 year imprisonment.

Sellathambi Navaratnam (53) had surrendered to the Security Forces as an Internally Displaced Person during the last lap of the battle in Vellaimullivaikkal on May 16 along with several other IDPs.

Police spokesman SSP I.M. Karunaratne said in the Government move to resettle the IDPs from camps in Vavuniya, people aged over 60 were released in the recent past. Navaratnam producing a forged Identity Card fled from the camp in Vavuniya.