LTTE Kills Sri Lankan Government Advisor

LTTE gunmen shot dead Ms. Maheshwari Velayudan, public relations coordinator and adviser of Minister Douglas Devanada in the general area of Karaweddi, Nelliaddy around 7.50 pm today (13). Ms. Maheshwari, 53, was visiting her mother when she was assassinated by gunmen who were clearly identified as LTTE attempting, sources close to Ms. Velayudan said.

Ms. Maheshwari had directly arrived from Colombo to see her mother who was said to be a cancer patient. Three gunmen had stormed into the house, directed several pistol gunshots at Ms. Maheswari claiming her life and fled immediately.

Several other close relatives of Ms . Maheshwari had also been present during the tragic incident.

“Three individuals in attire similar to that of the military but wearing slippers rushed into the house, asked for our identity cards and deliberately spoke in broken Tamil. We realised that something was fishy and in seconds Maheshwari was lying on the floor with gunshot injuries,” a close relative said.

Ms. Maheshwari was a renowned Human Rights activist and loved among many as a representative and a figurehead of the Jaffna Tamil community; a member of the EPDP central committee and a lawyer by profession. She was also an eloquent spokesperson for the Eelam Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP), a mainstream Tamil political organisation steadfast in its opposition to the ruthless tactics of the LTTE.

The LTTE has assassinated over a dozen EPDP members and other main stream Tamil politicians and academics over the past three decades.

Source: Government of Sri Lanka

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