Petition against Douglas

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An Indian advocate has filed a public interest petition at the Madras High Court seeking the arrest of Minister Douglas Devananda, in connection with pending criminal charges while he is in India accompanying President Mahinda Rajapakse on his four day visit.

Devananda is a proclaimed offender in Indian and liable for arrest, the CNN-IBN reported.

However, Devananda told CNN-IBN: 'I am not aware that I am a proclaimed offender. If informed legally about it, I will respond to the case. I have been coming to India for medical and personal reasons. The Indo-Sri Lanka accord of 1987 had pardoned several Tamil Sri Lankan."

Devananda now enjoys diplomatic immunity in India since he's a state guest. Devananda was declared a proclaimed offender and an absconding accused by a Chennai court for murder and rioting in Chennai in 1986.

Devanada was a member of a separatist group in Sri Lanka then. He's said to have gone underground in 1994 before being declared a proclaimed offender.

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Comments - 16

Thursday, 10 June 2010 06:14 AM

tamil nadu ppl stil whining..may be tamil nadu should be a separate state for tamils... since its 4 or 5 times the size of sri Lanka itself..LOL

Thursday, 10 June 2010 06:15 AM

Indians are always funny....

Thursday, 10 June 2010 06:58 AM

Mr.Sand Seller,

Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:18 AM

Yes, people of this type have to be taught a good lesson.

Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:25 AM

Joke of the Day !!!
Keep it up

Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:40 AM

Douglas should be the guest at Tihar Jail in Delhi than the guest at Manmohan's house.This is not the first time Devanada's presence is an embarrassment to MR

Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:44 AM

Most top politicians in the government are criminals.

Thursday, 10 June 2010 07:50 AM

All they want is publicity, nothing else. they are not bothered about Sri Lankan Tamils. Let them first establish their own Eelam in Tamil Nadu and then talk about an Ealam for Sri Lankan Tamils. They are a set of JOKERS!

Thursday, 10 June 2010 08:13 AM

this fellow should be arrested for murdering his own people

Thursday, 10 June 2010 08:44 AM

Get him. Alert Interpol. Don't we know the type of people who become ministers in Sri Lank.a

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:00 AM

Is he buying sarees & sand for his Ministry

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:09 AM

Indians are funny in one way and our guys are funny in another way. Anyway this is not funny this is a correct move.

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:32 AM

People must be punished for their crime, should not get away with their ranking or position. Crime is a crime.

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:37 AM

Who is he? What he has done for tamil people? what he has done for Sri Lanka? He has done a lot of things for himself. You Mr Douglas with the good association, carry on. will see how long?? Learn to love mankind please. it's not too late

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:41 AM

many jokers at that end!!!!!!hehehhehehhe

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:52 AM

Disaster. Mainda has no power to go above the Law of India.

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