Alleged LTTE gunmen shot dead MP's brother

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Batticaloa parliamentarian S. Jeyananthamoorthy's brother was shot dead by armed LTTE pistol group member at Oaddamaavadi(Oththan- Vadiya), Batticaloa on today evening around 6.30p.m.

The victim identified as Thiyagaraja(54) was the father of two, and was an employee at Valachchena(Valas-Hena) paper factory.

According to close relatives, his brother the TNA parliamentarian, his wife and their two children narrowly escaped from a well-planned Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) attack by LTTE operatives in the area last year.

Meanwhile a housewife was shot by the LTTE at Kambiaru of Vellavely police division yesterday noon.

The victim was identifies as Mrs. Seenithamby Bavany of Mandur Anaikattiyavely. She is a mother of two. The police handed over the body to the Kaluwanchikudy hospital.

Elsewhere, a body of a person who had taken cyanide was recovered in the Vavuniya Samayapuram area. The police informed the District Judge that a body was recovered on the street and the judge ordered to take the body to the hospital mortuary. The police are holding inquiry in this regard.