Nocturnal Grease Devils, Sex and Tamil Women in Lanka

Darkness is a cloak that some times covers many nefarious activities. One set of events in the north east of Lanka defies solution. The fact that it is confined to Tamil women is an enigma. What is happening is really weird. Many Tamil women have reported that certain men in skimpy underwear prowl at night. These nocturnal men are covered with grease and mind you in case you attempt to catch them, your hands will not be able to grip them and these nocturnal visitors will slip away: thanks to the grease smeared on their bodies. If the grease covered men now referred to as the grease devils were only prowling around, it would still not be that serious. But now reports have come in of women being assaulted in the dead of the night, single women or women staying alone. Rumors abound in such times and many people swear that two women were attacked and their breasts cut off. Though nobody saw it happen with his own eyes.

But a few cases of sex have been reported where the grease covered men have entered a house and while one man held the arms of the woman the other unraveled her sari with obvious consequences. The enigma is that the assaults seem to only be directed against Tamil women, pointing to the fact that perhaps these grease devils are Sinhalese young men out for a lark with a Tamil girl and resultant fun. Maybe it’s a hang over of the civil war, which resulted in the defeat of the extremist Tamils in the form of the LTTE. My friend rang me up from Lanka and informed me that his maid who was sleeping alone in her house awoke to find two grease covered men hovering over her. While one gagged her and held her by the arms and waist, the other untied her sari and petticoat. On further question he could not confirm it. But these acts have allowed rumors to spread and the local Tamils approached the police. They dismissed it as a prank and did not take it seriously. In one case the Tamils, after an alarm had been raised ran after two grease covered devils who escaped into a Lankan Naval base, raising suspicion that these devils are in reality soldiers. But again nothing is proved. There was even a clash with the police and this led to some arrests. But the mystery of the grease covered devils remains. Wonder who they are, misguided young Sinhalese or soldiers. Nobody is sure. Also read http://madangsingh.expertscolumn.com/article/nocturnal-grease-devils-sex-and-tamil-women-lanka Photo from wiki free commons 12320