A special 10-hour raid was conducted today (30th) at the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) party office located on Lake Road in Batticaloa by the Police Special Task Force and the Criminal Investigation Department.
At the time of the search, TMVP leader and former MP Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan (alias Pillayan) was not present at the office. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Batticaloa on 8 April arrested him and was detained for 90 days under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) on 12 April.
Party activists at the location had requested a court warrant for the search and expressed their objection to the raid being carried out without such an order.
A senior TMVP member told News Wave that a certain excavation was conducted on the party premises, but nothing suspicious was found. The raid was carried out from around 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
During the operation, party members inside the office were not allowed to leave the premises. As of now, the police have not released an official statement regarding the incident.
