Chemmani Mass Grave

In July 1998, Lance Corporal Somaratne Rajapakse , facing a death sentence for the rape and murder of Krishanthi Kumaraswamy and her family, alleged that around 400 bodies were buried at Chemmani. Internationally observed excavations in 1999 found 15 bodies, 2 of which were identified as those of men who had been disappeared in 1996. The findings led to charges against seven military personnel. The number of bodies exhumed is far less than the number originally alleged.