A ‘hartal’ will be observed on 15 August, in the north and the east, to protest against the alleged “brutality of the military”, according to the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK).

The ‘hartal’ has been called over the recent death of a 32-year-old man and the alleged brutality of the military in the north and the east.

In a letter addressed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, ITAK Secretary, President’s Counsel M.A. Sumanthiran has also called for an urgent and impartial investigation into the death of a 32-year-old man, whose body was found in the Muthuiyankaddu Tank on 9 August. In the letter, he also called for the removal of what it terms the “excessive presence of the military” in the north and the east.