Ilankai Tamil Arasu Party MP Shanakyan Rasamanikam has urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take immediate steps to release the lands occupied by the army in the Eastern Province and investigate the past atrocities committed by the infamous ‘Tripoli Platoon’ armed group.
The MP made this request while speaking at the inaugural meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on Security held at the Parliament complex under the patronage of the President.
In a post on Facebook, the MP said that he had requested an independent investigation into the past crimes committed by the ‘Tripoli Platoon’, a notorious military unit accused of targeted killings, and that President Anura Dissanayake had agreed to it.