After the killing of a farmer identified as Dhanapalsinham Tamil villagers specially women and children were seen leaving there homes.

According to a complaint made by Tamil National Alliance parliamentarian R. Sampanthan to the Sri lanka monitoring mission the farmer has been beaten up to death by army personal and home guards.

The farmer is said to have been attacked while on his way to the paddy field in Manakattukulam, a hamlet close to Trincomalee.

In another incident a grenade thrown into a police bunker on Tuesday night a constable has been injured says the Uppuvali police.