When I was undergoing the Junior Commanders Course at Coimbatore, we had 3 officers of the Sri Lanka Air Force also with us. That was the start of a long friendship with the trio. A few weeks back one of the Officers( now retired) visited me and mentioned that certain grease devils were moving at night in North East Lanka. He said that his maid a Tamil had confirmed that the grease devils were targeting Tamil women and one women had been assaulted and her breasts cut and bitten.
I let the matter rest till a bit of research convinced me that this is not a figment of imagination but a reality. There was a case of a young Tamil girl alone at home who was accosted by 2 men who were covered with grease. One held her hands and the other untied her sari for the primordial act. These grease covered men now referred to as grease devils target only Tamil girls and women. Incidentally these grease devils are dressed only in their underwear, like the "Chaddi" gangs in India. But the the Chaddi gangs rob and commit thefts, while the Lanka grease devils go after the Tamil girls.
The police didn't act on these complaints initially and the result was a clash with the local Tamils. Two men were chased and they entered the naval base. Thus the chance that these nocturnal grease devils are Sinhalese soldiers may be true. In any case Sinhalese girls are not touched.
This has all the makings of a pot boiler and there is food for a good film script. But seriously with the defeat of the LTTE, the young Sinhalese soldiers may be having a lark with Tamil girls to offset their boredom
The sad part is that the Tamil girls are at the receiving end and the sooner something is done the better.
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