Cases have been registered against 14 persons in connection with an attack on inmates of a refugee camp for Sri Lankan Tamils at Perumalpuram near Kanyakumari on Monday night, The Hindu reported. An unidentified gang is said to have barged into the residence of Udayakumar and attacked the inmates, including his wife U. Jeeva Ranjani and brother Ravichandran, with iron rods. They were admitted to the Kanyakumari Government Medical College Hospital in Asaripallam. On the basis of a complaint lodged by Jeeva Ranjani, the police took into custody four persons for inquiry and registered cases against 14 others.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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