Canadian MP Rathika leaves for India

4 January 2014 04:32 am

Canadian MP Rathika Sitsabaiesan who was on a tour in Sri Lanka had left for India this morning, the Immigration and Emigration Department said today.

Jaffna-born Ms. Sitsabaiesan arrived in Sri Lanka on December 28 and held discussions with several Tamil National Alliance parliamentarians and Jaffna-based organisations.

During her visit in the country reports said that Canada's Foreign Affairs Ministry was investigating reports that she was under house arrest in Jaffna, which Sri Lanka denied stating that she was moving freely according to her schedule. (Lahiru Pothmulla)