2ND LEAD

EPDP cadre shot dead in Jaffna

[TamilNet, Monday, 03 October 2005, 08:24 GMT]
Mr.Krishnan Parameswaran (40), was shot and killed Monday morning around 6:30 a.m.by unidentified men who came in a motorbike. The incident took place at Puthu Road in Anaikoddai area in Jaffna district when the victim was returning home after leaving his wife in the bus stand, police said. EPDP sources in Jaffna have claimed that Mr Krishnan was an EPDP cadre.

A police team from the Jaffna Police rushed to the site and began investigation into the murder.

The cadres of the Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP), a close ally of Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga, operate as paramilitary cadres in the NorthEast.