Personal data
Name
Shannuka Bojan
Date of birth
1983
Age
23
Place of birth
Manipay, Jaffna
Biographical details
Shannuka, studied at Mahajana College in Tellipalai. Shannuka is a good actress and she has acted in locally produced successful Tamil movies. She was studying towards a degree. Shannuka also acted in a drama that was produced to promote friendship and networks between Muslim, Tamil, and Sinhala youths. The drama was directed by a leading Sinhala director. Her father was the Scout Commissioner for the KKS area in Jaffna for a long period and he was also the Northern Commissioner for the St John’s Ambulance.
Indcident
Date
14.01.2006
Location
Manipay, Jaffna
Description
At 8.00 pm on the night of the murder the family noticed large number of Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldiers standing in front of their gate for sometime. All of the SLA soldiers were covering their face with black cloth. Family felt threatened at that time. However, by 10.00 pm the SLA soldiers had left and the family felt slightly at east and went to bed.
Later that night, the Bojan family heard dogs barking that became louder and louder. The family heard big bangs on their gate and when they woke up and looked, they saw nine men jumping over their gate and banging their door. Nagendran Bojan (56) opened the door and his son Ullasan (26) was behind the father. The gunmen made both the father and the son to sit on the ground just outside the house.
By then Shannuka came to the entrance and she was pulled outside of the house by the gunmen and shot. She fell to the ground immediately. Hearing the gunshot Shannuka’s sister and mother, Renuka and Arththanareeswari, looked out from their rooms. By now the gunmen were inside the house and were spraying bullets. Renuka and Arththanareeswari were hit by bullets and fell to the ground. Renuka’s husband who was inside the room remained in the dark and the gunmen did not see him.
The father and son were still sitting on the ground just outside the house as ordered, Nagendran had his head between his knees and was crying. His son Ullasan was turning and looking inside the house where his mother and two sisters lay dead. As the gunmen walked out they shot the two men sitting on the ground. The father received the bullet on his knee because of his squatting position and son received the bullet on his waist because he had turned and looked inside the house.
Once the gunmen left the house Renuka’s husband came out and attended to Ullasan to stop his bleeding.
Legal situation (investigation/criminal proceedings)
Several law “enforcing authorities” which included, Manipay police, Jaffna police head office, and CID from Colombo, visited the remaining family members to inquire about the incident. SLMM (Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission) also visited the family members to inquire.