layathamby Tharsini , SRILANKAN TAMIL RAPED AND KILLED BY SINGALESE REGIMENT ON DECEMBER 2005

layathamby Tharsini ,SRILANKAN  TAMIL RAPED AND KILLED BY SINGALESE REGIMENT ON 16 DECEMBER, 2005

இளையதம்பி தர்சினி (1985 - 16.12.2005, புங்குடுதீவு) என்பவர் 2005, டிசம்பர் 16 ஆம் நாள் இலங்கை இராணுவத்தால் பாலியல் வன்முறைக்கு உட்படுத்தப்பட்டு, படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்ட இலங்கைத் தமிழ்ப் பெண் ஆவார்
நிகழ்வு[மூலத்தைத் தொகு]

2005ஆம் ஆண்டு டிசம்பர் 16ஆம் திகதியன்று, தர்ஷினி இளையதம்பி என்ற 20 வயதான இளம்பெண், புங்குடுதீவில் நிலைகொண்டிருந்த கடற்படையினரால் கடத்திச் செல்லப்பட்டு பாலியல் வல்லுறவுக்காளாக்கப்பட்ட பின் கடற்படை முகாமுக்கு அருகிலிருந்த பாழடைந்த கிணறொன்றினுள் சடலமாகப் போடப்பட்டிருந்தார். கொல்லப்படுவதன் முன், அவர் பலரால் பாலியல் பலாத்காரத்திற்கு உட்படுத்தப்பட்டிருப்பதற்கான தடயங்களை அவரது உடல் கொண்டிருந்ததாக வைத்தியசாலைச் சான்றிதழ் கூறுகிறது. உடலின் பல இடங்களில் நகக்கீறல்கள், பற்கடிகளும் காணப்பட்டிருந்ததுடன், அவரது ஒரு மார்பு மிக மோசமாகச் சிதைக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது. [1

layathamby 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.[1][2][3]
The incident[edit source]
On 16 December 2005 Tharsini Ilayathamby was on her way to her aunt’s place. She was allegedly abducted by unknown men close to a Sri Lankan Navy post.[1][2]

Her body was found the next day, completely naked, in an abandoned well near the Sri Lankan Navy camp at a place called Maduthuveli.[1][2]

According to the post mortem report conducted at Jaffna Teaching Hospital, she was brutally raped before being strangled to death. Several injuries caused by fingernails and biting had been found on several parts of her body. One of her breasts had been severely bitten.[1]

Reactions[edit source]
After the body was found locals violently protested in front of the Navy camp. One person was injured in the subsequent shootings. The locals destroyed an administrative building as a result.[4] Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora groups also organized protest meetings in the UK.[5]

Human Rights groups such as UTHR initially reported that she may have been killed by the rebel LTTE operatives to discredit the government and create an environment of protest.[6] UTHR eventually retracted the statement that the victim had known the naval persons previously.[2]

Subsequent to her death, there were number of attacks on the Sri Lankan Navy. The rebel LTTE denied attacking the naval personnel.[7]Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission ruled that such attacks were a violation of the Oslo sponsored ceasefire between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE. But number of websites that are known for their pro rebel stance reported that subsequent to the rape and murder, a front organization calling itself resurgence people’s force, widely believed to be a front of the rebel LTTE group claimed responsibility for attacks on the Sri Lankan Navy that lead to 15 deaths and another 15 being seriously injured.[8][9]

According to Tamilnet, Sri Lankan Tamil political parties such as the Tamil National Alliance and others requested that the Sri Lankan government take appropriate actions to protect civilian life.[10]

Government investigation[edit source]
International and local Human rights organizations such as the ACHR, Home for Human Rights and UTHR have requested a thorough investigation be done to apprehend the culprits.[4] Currently the government is investigating the rape and murder.[2]