Policeman shot dead in Kalmunai

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 16 November 2005, 10:57 GMT]
An unidentified assailant shot and killed a Police Constable, Mr. Ranjithkumar, 28, Wednesday morning in Kalmunai, 35 km south of Batticaloa. The incident took place near Kalmunai police station in front of NSB Bank at 11:45 a.m. The assailant shot the constable with a 9 mm handgun and escaped in a motorbike, police said.

The constable, attached to Maha Oya police station, had come to Kalmunai for special duty, Kalmunai Police said.