2nd lead:

Paramilitary operative killed in Batticaloa

[TamilNet, Friday, 06 August 2004, 07:33 GMT]
A person believed to be a cadre of a paramilitary group working with the Sri Lankan armed forces was shot dead in Kaluthavalai, 20 kilometres south of Batticaloa, around 11.15 a.m. Friday, Police sources in the eastern town said. The man was later identified by the paramilitary EPDP as one of its cadres called 'Haran'.

Police said they are investigating the killing.

The gumen who came on a motorbike got away, Police said.

Kaluthavalai is a large Tamil village in Batticaloa's coastal belt controlled by the Sri Lankan armed forces.