British Tamil man who said he was detained by Sri Lankan authorities and tortured after travelling to the country last month to get married, returned to the UK earier this week, The Guardian reported.
"I was arrested at my mother’s house and put inside a van where the men who arrested me started punching and beating me. I was taken to an empty house somewhere in Jaffna that I believe is used for torture. There was dried blood on the walls. I was beaten with wooden sticks and a metal bar on my head and face and leg and I lost consciousness," the 36 year old Velauthapillai Renukaruban told newspaper.
The men accused him of involvement in the LTTE.
“I kept telling them that I had lived in the UK for many years and have nothing to do with LTTE. But they didn’t listen. I thought I was going to die," he said.
Mr Renukaruban who left Sri Lanka on July 3rd, was seen at Ealing hospital on arrival for his injuries.
The Guardian reported medical records state Mr Renukaruban suffered “assault in custody, multiple lacerations and haemorrhagic contusions."
“When I went to Sri Lanka to get married I thought this was the beginning of new happiness for me,” Mr Renukaruban told the newspaper.
“Instead terrible things happened and I was frightened and sad on my wedding day. I had to leave quickly before we could get a visa for my wife. She is now in hiding in Sri Lanka and I hope I can bring her here soon. I will never return to Sri Lanka again.”
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