Abducted man found in hiding

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A youth from Trincomalee who had reportedly been abducted, was arrested by the Police while hiding in Achchuveli, Jaffna today.

His wife had complained to the Trincomalee Harbour Police that her husband had been abducted in a white van on January 13.

The suspect is a translator and has among other jobs worked at the Colombo Municipal Council, was taken into custody on Saturday night.

Police said that according to initial investigations the suspect had wanted to make his wife and two children believe that he was abducted and later make arrangements to marry another woman in the Achchuveli area. Police said that the mother of the woman who was due to marry the suspect had made such a statement. (Amadoru Amarajeewa reporting fromTrincomalee)

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