Tamil teacher shot dead in Vavu’natheevu

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 06 May 2009, 11:49 GMT]
An unidentified armed man shot dead a Tamil teacher Wednesday morning at Kannankudaa Pi’l’laiyaaradi area in Vavu’natheevu police division in Batticaloa district while he was cycling to his school located at Paavatkodichcheanai, sources in Batticaloa said.

The victim was identified as Balasingham Ravindrarajah, 32, police sources said.

Vavu’natheevu police rushed to the site and held initial investigation.

Later the victim’s body was handed over to Batticaloa Teaching Hospital for inquest into death and postmortem examination to be held.