SLRC woman volunteer killed in Point Pedro

[TamilNet, Saturday, 27 June 2009, 04:29 GMT]
Point Pedro police in Vadamaraadchi recovered Friday the body of a 33-year-old woman volunteer of Sri Lanka Red Cross (SLRC) who had been killed Thursday in her house in Point Pedro. The woman had been living alone and neighbours who noticed her absence had notified the police. The police broke into the house and found her body.

The victim was identified as Theiventhiram Abirami, 33, a resident of Kantha Udaiyaar lane in Point Pedro.

Abirami had been living alone in the house after her parents died.

The police handed over Abirami’s body to Point Pedro Base hospital mortuary and are conducting further inquiries.

Earlier, the president of Point Pedro SLRC had been abducted and taken to Kaithadi and killed, head severed.