Mr.Ramalingam Suntheralingam, 54, a board member in Muttur
Co-operative Society, was shot dead Tuesday morning around 7.30
a.m. in the premises of his house in Muttur town. The house is
located along the Methodist Church Road between the Muttur
police station and a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) camp. The lone gunman
had entered the premises of the deceased house, fired at him at
close range and fled the scene. Mr Suntharalingam's wife is a
Grama Sevaka (GS). Muttur Co-operative staff expressed shocked
at the killling.