LTTE kills youth, abducts another

Rafik JALALDEEN

VAVUNIYA: The LTTE continued its barbaric acts targeting civilians killing a youth and abducting another in two separate incidents during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year days in the Vanni.

A youth was shot dead by Tiger terrorists at his residence in Ganeshapuram, Vavuniya on Sunday night, the Media Centre for the National Security said.

According to a spokesman from the MCNS the victim Selvaraja Gajendran was shot dead by a group of LTTE cadres at his residence in Ganeshapuram on Sunday at around 9.15 p.m.

“It is believed that the victim was forced to join the outfit several times but refused to fall in line,” he added. Meanwhile, three wheeler driver Jesurathnam Roshan (21) was abducted by LTTE cadres on Saturday night.

The victim’s father lodged a complaint at the Vavuniya police saying that his son was abducted by the LTTE around 7.30 p.m. on Saturday. “The Vavuniya police conducted a search operation and found the three wheeler abandoned in the Murunkan area,” the MCNS spokesman said.

In a separate incident, fisherman K. Ganesharaja lodged a complaint at the Mannar police that an armed LTTE group stormed his house in Shanthipuram road, Mannar on Saturday morning and forcibly removed his boat and engine.