Apr 30, Batticaloa: The school activities in Batticaloa city was brought to a halt today as the people have staged a protest campaign over the abduction of an eight-year-old school girl.

The protesters urged the kidnappers to release the girl identified as Sadishkumar Nirushika immediately.

Batticaloa police said Nirushika from Kottamunai School in Batticaloa has been abducted by an unidentified group on last Tuesday near her school.

Her father too had reportedly gone missing a few years ago and has not been found yet.

Last month a student of St. Mary's Convent in Trincomalee was abducted outside her school and killed when the abductors didn't receive the ransom of one million rupees.