Mr. Velauthapilai Renugaruban was arbitrarily detained and tortured by Sri Lankan police in relation to their suspicion of his participation in LTTE-related activities in the UK. Two men without identification or warrants took him from his home in Sri Lanka on June 2nd in a van. A day later, two men without identification alleging to be representatives of the British High Commission visited Mr. Renugaruban's mother at her home in Jaffna advising the family to confess they were LTTE members to help them negotiate his release.
Mr. Renugaruban's family went to the British government and human rights activists who inquired into the case. Following these inquiries, the president's advisor and Governor of the Eastern Province, Mr. Austin Fernando managed to locate the detained British citizen and confirm that he was in Sri Lankan police custody. Only after these inquiries from international officials was Mr. Renugaruban produced in front of the Jaffna Magistrate's Court and is now officially detained until June 17th. He suffered from several torture inflicted injuries discovered when he was briefly admitted to the Jaffna hospital on June 7th from prison.
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