Reservoir Politics: How a Tragedy Became Sumanthiran’s Protest Stunt
The death of a 32-year-old man whose body was recovered from the Muththaiyankattu reservoir in Mullaitivu has led to the arrest of three army personnel and reignited debate over the military’s role in the North. But an autopsy has poured cold water on the most sensational claims — no, the army didn’t beat him to death, despite what some hardcore Tamil nationalists and websites insist. The Victim and the Incident The deceased, Edhirmannasingham Kapilraj, a father of a seven-month-old infant fr
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