Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi

Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi
Born Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Died February 11, 1996

Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil woman aged 17 who was raped and killed in Kumarapuram in Trincomalee on 16 December 16, 2005, and who became a cause celebre of the Sri Lankan civil war because of this.[1][2]

The incident

Tharmaletchumi went to bring her neighbor Moses Vijaya's son Antony Joseph from tuition in Killiveddy and while riding back she was taken to a milk collection centre and raped and murdered. Antony Joseph who tried to stop this was also shot.[1][2][3]

Government Investigation

There has been no progress in the case and no one has been convicted.[4]

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