Theatre owner shot dead in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Friday, 27 October 2006, 11:50 GMT]
The owner and operator of a mini-cinema was shot dead by unknown gunmen inside a jewellery store in Kannathiddy junction in the heart of Jaffna town at 10:15 a.m. Friday, sources in Jaffna said.

Veerasingham Chandramohan, 42, from Kasturiar Road, Jaffna operated a mini-cinema near Jaffna Hindu College, sources said.

Few months earlier, unknown arsonists set fire to his cinema theater after threatening Chandramohan for showing socially-degrading films, including pornographic films, at his theatre.