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went too close to LTTE FDL: SLMM Chavakachcheri Magistrate B. Subramanium had visited the Army's Forward Defence Line (FDL) to inspect the site to conduct the inquiry. The 'no-man's' land extends to an area of 600 metres. The Sunday Times learns that the Magistrate refused to go any further and chose to survey the site of the killing with the binocular. The Magisterial inquiry into the shooting incident will begin on Monday. The victim, J. Upul Priyadarshana, 25, of Ganemulla was serving in the Vijayaba Regiment. He was killed by female LTTE cadres when he along with another had gone beyond the permissible 100 metres at the FDL. Upul, the youngest of three children, joined the Army in 1998 in the footsteps of his brother Ranjan Priyashantha. He first joined the Commando Regiment. His brother Ranjan told The Sunday Times that Upul last called home on February 22 evening, a day before he died. He said that he was waiting for transport to come home. "He told us that he will most probably come on the 27th of this month. We last saw him in November. He loves spending time with his friends and going to the temple with his mother. When he came last he bought a gold ring for our mother," he said. "We got to know about his death the following morning when the police informed us. But even by then his body was with the LTTE. When the body arrived late the Judicial Medical Officer refused to attend to it because he said it was his payday and he had to go home early. Due to this the body had decomposed and we had to keep the casket closed," Ranjan said. Meanwhile, SLMM spokesperson Helen Ulassdottir said they have firmly established that the solider had gone beyond the 100 meter zone of seperation. "He was way too close to the LTTE locality," she said. She said that the SLMM was conducting a formal investigation into the incident. |
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