 Charred dead bodies of suspected JVP members burnt using tyre pyres were a common sight in Sri Lanka during this period.An estimated 60,000 people mostly suspected JVP members were killed during this insurrection.On April 19, 1986, Ramanujam Manikkalingam, an MIT physics graduate, was arrested by government security forces in his native country of Sri Lanka under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act.