A Sri Lankan court has summoned the commander of the country's Army tomorrow over the disappearance of 24 Tamils since their arrest in 1996 by security forces during the internal conflict with the LTTE. <br/><br/>The Jaffna High Court has asked Army Chief Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake along with two other state officials to appear in court. Judge Ilancheliyan ordered them to appear in court when a case filed by parents and relatives of the 24 missing persons was taken up on Wednesday. <br/><br/>The relatives have claimed that the 24 had gone missing since July 1996 when the security forces had arrested them in Navatkuly, Jaffna.<br/><br/>Sri Lankan troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have faced international condemnation for alleged human rights violations during the long-drawn conflict.