Tamil nationalist movement leader Pazha Nedumaran said that the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), Velupillai Prabakaran, is still alive and would appear in public shortly.
Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran on Monday claimed that LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was alive and that he was announcing this with the LTTE chief’s consent.
Prabhakaran was killed by Sri Lankan Army during the last phase of the civil war in 2009 and his body was identified by the terror outfit’s former leader Karuna Amman. Pazha Nedumaran also said his family members are in touch with him.
However, his claims will likely have no believers as the Sri Lankan Army had, in 2009, released pictures of the deceased Prabhakaran after his body was found in the forests of Mullivayakal in northern Sri Lanka on May 19, 2009.
The Sri Lanka Army categorically denied claim and said there’s no such evidence.
Asserting that Prabhakaran was killed by Sri Lankan forces in 2009, Brig Herath said: “Definitely, by the end of 2009 when the humanitarian operation was over, DNA certificates and all these confirmation had been taken.”
Asked if the Sri Lankan government is going to react or take any action regarding this particular information, Brig Herath said there are “no plans as such”, but there could be an official statement by the foreign minister “in the near future”.
