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This Article is From Dec 26, 2013

Indian national arrested for filming in Sri Lanka

Colombo: An Indian national has been arrested in Sri Lanka on charges of filming a military installation in Kilinochchi, the former LTTE stronghold, police said today.

"An Indian national was arrested in Kilinochchi yesterday. He had videoed a military camp, road, war devastation of buildings," police spokesman Ajith Rohana said.

Rohana the 24-year-old Tamil Nadu resident had arrived in Lanka on a tourist visa.

"As he had violated the visa rules, he was handed over to the immigration authorities," he added.

Kilinochchi was the administrative center of the Tamil Tigers until January 2009, when Sri Lankan forces recaptured the city.

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