Premawathie Manamperi

Premawathie Manamperi
ප්‍රේමවතී මනම්පේරි
Born(1949-01-18)18 January 1949
Kataragama, Sri Lanka
Died17 April 1971(1971-04-17) (aged 22)
Kataragama, Sri Lanka
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
Body discoveredKataragama
EducationKataragama Vidyalaya
Known forMurder and torture victim
Parents
  • Hendrik Appuhamy (father)
  • Lilawathi Obeysinghe (mother)

Premawathi Manamperi (1949–17 April 1971) was a woman from Kataragama, Sri Lanka. She was arrested on suspicion of leading a rebel group that disturbed the country in 1971. That year, she was handed over to the army where she was tortured, possibly raped and paraded naked through the streets,[1] and killed. Her death is a prominent event in Sri Lankan crime history.[2][3]

  1. ^ "The Tale of Two Women". 10 November 2014.
  2. ^ "The Goddess who shaped Kataragama itself". Dinamina. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Premawathie Manaperi". Tamil Eelam Liberation Organisation.