Private tutor shot dead at the Central Jaffna Bus stand

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 09:28 GMT]
An unidentified gunman shot dead Selvarasa Kirithas, 35, a displaced resident from Ilavalai, Wednesday morning around 8.45 a.m near Poobalasingham Book Depot at the Jaffna Central Bus stand, said police sources. The gunman, who shot Kirithas while he was drinking tea in front of a tea stall fled from the site in a blue color motorbike, civilians at the site said. The victim was a private tution teacher, the sources said.

Kirithas, originally from Kankesanthurai, was living in Ilavalai.

Ms. Srinithi Nandasegaran, Jaffna Additional Magistrate, after conducting death inquiries ordered the body to be placed in the Jaffna hospital morgue.