EPDP supporter shot dead in Atchuvely

[TamilNet, Thursday, 20 July 2006, 21:29 GMT]
Unknown gunmen shot dead Selvar Yogan, 60, a supporter of Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP), at 8:00 p.m. in Atchuvely, Valigamam East Thursday, sources from Jaffna said. The gunmen requested Mr Yogan to come out the house and shot him at point blank range before escaping from the area, according to local residents.

Mr Yogan was an EPDP candidate in the 1998 local council elections and was an elected member of a pradeshya sabha.

His body is still lying in front of his house according to latest reports.