Arumaithurai Tharmaletchumi was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil woman aged 17 who was raped and killed by Sri Lankan Government Armed forces in Kumarapuram in Trincomalee on 11 February 1996, and who became a cause célèbre of the Sri Lankan civil war because of this. The incident Tharmaletchumi went to bring her neighbor Moses Vijaya's son Antony Joseph from tuition in Killiveddy and while riding back she was taken to a milk collection centre and raped and murdered. Antony Joseph who tried to stop this was also shot. Government Investigation There has been no progress in the case and no one has been convicted. See also Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka Ilayathambi Tharsini Ida Carmelitta Sarathambal Krishanti Kumaraswamy References 1996 deaths Deaths by firearm in Sri Lanka People murdered in Sri Lanka Rape in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan murder victims Sri Lankan Tamil people Year of birth missing 1996 murders in Sri Lanka Child sexual abuse in Sri Lanka Incidents of violence against girls