Vijayakala wants wells checked for dead bodies

Vijayakala wants wells checked for dead bodies

August 14, 2016   05:38 pm

State Minister of Child Affairs Vijayakala Maheswaran says that the closed water wells in the islands off Jaffna should be immediately inspected under court orders. 

She pointed out that the relatives of persons who went missing during the former government believe that the bodies of a number of bodies are inside those wells.

The state minister claimed that according to the relatives of the missing people, the bodies have been placed inside the wells and filled with soil. 

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