Eight more suspects detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), due to suspected links to the LTTE, have been granted bail by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (16).
The suspects were released when they were produced before the Colombo Additional Magistrate, a short while ago, Ada Derana reporter said.
Earlier, thirty-one suspects detained under the PTA were also enlarged on bail.
They were ordered by the court to submit proof of residence and were also barred from leaving the country. The magistrate also instructed them to appear before the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) of every other Sunday.
Over 200 Tamil prisoners had yet again commenced their hunger strike in several prisons across the country earlier to protest against being jailed for years without trial. Later, they ended the fast following an assurance from President Maithripala Sirisena that their grievances would be addressed.
