Ex-military intelligence officer shot dead in Colombo

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 20 October 2004, 05:06 GMT]
An ex-military intellgence officer of the Sri Lanka army was shot dead in Colombo by unidentified gunmen Tuesday night, Police said. The ex-intelligence officer, Mr.Mohammed Suresh Casim, was found dead in his car in Dehiwela, a southern suburb of Colombo.

Mr. Casim had worked in Trincomalee during the war, Police sources said.

He was discharged from military intelligence for alleged atrocities against civilians, according to a media report Tuesday.