Sri Lanka News First Latest War News Sri Lanka News Papers Hot News Breaking News Sinhala Tamil News online internet: Madras HC issues notice to Center and Tamil Nadu government on petition against Sri Lankan Minister

Madras HC issues notice to Center and Tamil Nadu government on petition against
Sri Lankan Minister
================================================================================
Colombo News Desk CND on 15 June, 2010 01:52:00
 
The petition, filed by advocate P. Pugalenthi calls for the arrest of Sri
Lanka's Minister of Traditional Industries and Small Enterprise Development and
leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) Douglas Devananda, a
proclaimed offender under Indian law, on charges stemming from a 1986 murder
case in Chennai.
Chief Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam ordered notice to be sent
to the central and Tamil Nadu governments giving one week's time to submit their
replies, Indian news agency IANS reported.
Pugalenthi, Secretary of Tamil Nadu Peoples Rights Forum and the counsel of
Nalini Sriharan, the convicted assassin of Rajiv Gandhi, says the 6th Additional
Sessions Judge in June 1994 had issued a proclamation warrant against Douglas
Devananda, treating him as an 'absconding accused' in the case relating to the
killing of a city resident in 1986.
Devananda, who accompanied the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on a state
visit to India last week, earlier said that he is not aware of being declared as
a proclaimed offender but ready to face any legal proceedings if brought against
him.