• Extra Judicial Killing of Suppiah Murugan on 16 January 2006 [also in PDF]
  North East Secretariat on Human Rights (NESOHR)
  Case Report,  26 January 2006

Name: Suppiah Murugan
Age: 30
Marital status: Married with 2 children
Address: Navatkuli
Occupation: Tea shop employee

Murugan was displaced to India during the war. He returned after the ceasefire agreement and got married in Trincomalee where they were living until the 2004 tsunami. They lost everything in the tsunami. Family came to Jaffna and was living with their mother-in-law. Murugan worked in a tea shop in Urumpirai where he would stay during the week. He returns to his children during the weekend. On the 16th January 2006 two men arrived at the tea shop where he was working at 8.30 am. The two men suddenly opened fire on Murugan and he received gun shot wounds on his chest and stomach. He died on the spot.