1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak

July 2020 1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak happened in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka on 23 September 1983.http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php/Tamil_Times_1983.11 Batticaloa Jailbreak Tamil Times November 1983 23 September 2017 23 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170923095613/http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php/Tamil_Times_1983.11 dead http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC09Df04.html https://web.archive.org/web/20021203100501/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC09Df04.html Asia Times: Chapter 30: Whirlpool of violence 3 December 2002 unfit 23 September 2016The Jail Break https://www.sangam.org/articles/view2/?uid=508 SangamOrg 2004-08-21 2009-01-01 After the Welikada prison massacre, Tamil political inmates were transferred to Batticaloa. Since they were not co-operating with the police they were told by the prison guards that they were to be transferred back to a Sinhalese area. Fearing death, 41 Tamil political inmates decided to escape. Using smuggled weapons and outside help they overwhelmed the guards and escaped in groups. Using this opportunity 150 criminal inmates also escaped. Prominent political escapees include Ramalingam Paramadeva, Panagoda Maheswaran, Douglas Devananda and few Tamil Tiger sympathisers. This jailbreak was bloodless. The escapees left behind some female political inmates, who were rescued by Ramalingam Paramadeva of the Tamil Tigers in 1984 Batticaloa Jailbreak.March 2020 See also Black July Sri Lankan Civil War References Category:Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam attacks in Eelam War I Category:Attacks on prisons in Sri Lanka Category:Prison escapes in Asia Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 1983 Category:1983 crimes in Sri Lanka Category:History of Batticaloa District Jailbreak, 1983 Category:September 1983 in Asia