Plea to release Lankan refugees at Tiruchi camp
November 23, 2014 12:03 pm
The Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi (TVK) leader, Panruti T Velmurugan, on Saturday urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam to immediately release some 26 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees kept in a special camp in the Tiruchi central prison and give them medical assistance.
The refugees have been on a fast since November 15 to demand that they be released from the camp and permitted to take legal assistance from outside to fight the cases against them, he said in a statement. - The Hindu