Premini Thanuskodi was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil women who was working as a Chief Accountant for
Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation
The Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO) was established in 1985 in Tamil Nadu in southeastern India by Tamil refugees fleeing the violence in North and East Sri Lanka. Its initial operation was to provide relief to the refugees in India. Aft ...
(TRO), a legally registered charity in Sri Lanka, when she was kidnapped on 30 June 2006 and was later raped and murdered. She was 25 years old. Premini was also an undergraduate at the Eastern university at Vantharumoolai.
Incident
Premini Thanuskodi, along with other TRO employees, was travelling to
Kilinochchi
Kilinochchi ( ta, கிளிநொச்சி, translit=Kiḷinocci; si, කිලිනොච්චි, translit=Girānika) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Kilinochchi is situated at the A9 road so ...
when the group stopped at the checkpoint at Welikanda near
Batticaloa. After that they saw a white van chasing them which later overtook them. Armed men in the van kidnapped them and took their vehicle to a nearby jungle. They were kept overnight and a few TRO employees were released after being interrogated, during which they were tortured by the
TMVP intelligence chief Sitha on the allegation of belonging to the intelligence wing of the LTTE. The male TRO employees who failed to convince the TMVP cadres of their innocence were killed. Later Premini was gang raped and was killed, and her body was dumped in the bushes.
Reaction
The TRO complained to the Sri Lankan police and blamed the Tamil paramilitary of
TMVP. There were appeals from Amnesty International expressing concerns about the group's safety.
Government reaction
The Sri Lankan President called for a probe, however no one has been arrested or charged.
Swift probe ordered on TRO abductions
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See also
*Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka
Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka has occurred repeatedly during the island's long ethnic conflict. The first instances of rape of Tamil women by Sinhalese mobs were documented during the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom.Tarzie Vittachi – Eme ...
* Krishanti Kumaraswamy
*Ilayathambi Tharsini
Ilayathamby Tharsini (also Tharsini Ilayathamby) was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil woman who was raped and killed in her home town of Pungudutheevu on December 16, 2005.
Incident
On 16 December 2005 Tharsini Ilayathamby was on her way to her aun ...
*Sarathambal
Sarathambal Saravanbavananthatkurukal or better known as Sarathambal was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil woman who was gang raped and killed on 28 December 1999. This became an internationally known incident of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Incident
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*Murugesapillai Koneswary
Murugesapillai Koneswary or Koneswary Murugesapillai was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil woman who was raped and killed on 17 May 1997 as part of the ongoing Sri Lankan civil war. The rape and murder received extensive local and international atten ...
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