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police teams search for missing inspector Inspector Jeyaratnam who was earlier attached to the anti-terrorism division and was later moved to the Field Forces Headquarters went missing on Wednesday after he and his family went out to a star-class hotel dinner with a person known as Mano who is believed to be linked to another Tamil group. They were accompanied by another friend. After dinner, Inspector Jeyaratnam dropped his family back at their home and left with the friends saying as he had to report to work early next morning and he would be spending the night at the Field Forces Headquarters. Next morning, his wife Sarala had telephoned her husband at his work place only to be told he had not reported to work that day. Ms. Jeyaratnam told The Sunday Times that Mano was a PLOTE member and his real name was Navaratnam Jeyamanoharan of Vavuniya. He was a close associate of her husband for more than two years and had invited the family for dinner that night. "I told my husband it is better to avoid this due to security reason. But he couldn't say no to Mano," she said. "After the dinner my husband dropped me and my children at home and said he was going to get himself dropped at the Field Forces Headquarters," she said. Ms. Jeyaratnam said she had told Mano to call her as soon as he dropped her husband at the office, but he had not done so. "Next morning when I called office, I learnt he had not reported tot work, so I called many people I knew to trace my husband but there was no clue. Later, I appealed to the IGP," she said. "My husband has served more than 20 years in the Police Department and several times he has been threatened by the LTTE and told to resign from his job or migrate or face serious consequences. My husband was transferred to Colombo in March after serving one year in Vanathavilluwa in the Puttalam district. This is the first occasion in four years that the whole family went out together for dinner," she said. Ms. Jeyaratnam yesterday also appealed to the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission and the ICRC seeking assistance to find her husband. Their two sons are aged six and four with the elder son studying at S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia. Meanwhile, a PLOTE spokesman said Mano was not a full time member of the organization but only a supporter. He said Mano had visited the PLOTE office in Colombo a few months ago. |
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