{"id":401,"date":"2026-04-27T06:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=401"},"modified":"2026-04-27T06:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T06:58:01","slug":"jaffna-mp-ramanathan-archchuna-arrested-over-firearm-threat-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/27\/jaffna-mp-ramanathan-archchuna-arrested-over-firearm-threat-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaffna MP Ramanathan Archchuna Arrested Over Firearm Threat Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ramanathan Archchuna has been arrested by Ilavalai Police in connection with an incident involving the alleged use of a personal firearm to threaten a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Police stated that the arrest was made following an investigation into a confrontation that took place in the Periyavilaan area over a disputed land. The incident reportedly escalated into a heated argument, during which the MP allegedly brandished a firearm. Videos of the incident circulated on social media, drawing significant public attention.<\/p>\n<p>Archchuna had been summoned to the police station to provide a statement. After recording his statement, officers proceeded with the arrest. Arrangements are underway to produce him before the Mallakam Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, based on a complaint filed by the MP alleging trespassing and intimidation, a woman was also arrested in connection with the same incident. She was produced before court and has been remanded until the 29th.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations into the matter are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramanathan Archchuna has been arrested by Ilavalai Police in connection with an incident involving the alleged use of a personal firearm to threaten a woman. Police stated that the arrest was made following an investigation into a confrontation that took place in the Periyavilaan area over a disputed land. The incident reportedly escalated into a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions\/403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}