Insurance salesman shot dead in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Thursday, 22 July 2004, 05:03 GMT]
An insurance salesman was shot dead by unidentified gunmen Wednesday night around 8.30 p.m. at Muthiraiyadi on the A5 highway, 22 kilometres northwest of Batticaloa. The gunmen might have mistaken the insurance salesman for an LTTE cadre, sources in the area said.

The dead man has been identified as Mr. Ravishankar, 28, who works as a field officer for the Union Assuarance insurance company. Mr. Ravishankar was returning to Batticaloa on his motorbike after meeting clients, relatives said. His family lives in Batticaloa town.