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A Tamil man in Valvettithurai reports being assaulted by Sri Lankan military personnel when he went to an army camp asking for his ball to be returned to him.
The victim, 29 year old father of three children, Selvaraja Jegan said the ball went into the military base, as he had been playing with friends at a sports ground in the Ellangulam region of Valvettithurai.
When he went there to ask for the ball to be returned, he was taken away and beaten by soldiers, he said.
His motorbike was subsequently confiscated by the military, who sent a message to his family that he could come and collect it from the military base. However, when he arrived there accompanied by his mother and sister to collect the bike, he was taken away and beaten again.
Mr Jegan was admitted to Oorani hospital with a penetrating wound to his chest. He has filed a complaint against the army at Valvettithurai police station on Saturday, reports the Uthayan newspaper.
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