P. Devakumaran
P. Devakumaran | |
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Body in Jaffna Teaching Hospital mortuary.(Tamilnet) | |
| Died | 28 May 2008 |
| Occupation(s) | Television Journalist for MTV English, Sirasa TV in Sinhala and Sakthi TV |
| Assassinations of Journalists during the Sri Lankan Civil War |
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| See also Human rights in Sri Lanka |
Paranirupasingam Devakumaran also spelt as Thevakumar was a minority Sri Lankan Tamil Television journalist who reported for the Maharaja Television which operated MTV English, Sirasa TV in Sinhala and Sakthi TV in Tamil in Jaffna. He and his friend Mahendran Varadan were hacked to death in Navanthurai near Jaffna on 28 May 2008 while he was on his way home by the paramilitary EPDP.