"When intelligence agents interrogated a close aide of Prabhakaran, he had said that, last year, Prabhakaran's wife (Mathivathani) and younger son Balachandran had escaped by boat to Tamil Nadu, where they were to meet with an LTTE cadre who was to arrange for them to fly to Singapore, from there to an unknown destination," the newspaper reported. [68] Clearing and mopping-up operations were carried out by troops under Colonel G. V. Ravipriya from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm that evening, but they did not encounter this last group of LTTE fighters that day. We were on our way to meet Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, better known by his nom de guerre, Colonel Karuna Amman. He further mentioned that "There are three fundamentals. Certain scars and birth marks had helped them in identification. [80] Prabhakaran never developed a systematic philosophy, but did declare that his goal was 'revolutionary socialism and the creation of an egalitarian society'. [25], Velupillai Prabhakaran was born in the northern coastal town of Valvettithurai on 26November 1954, the youngest of four children,[26][27] to Thiruvenkadam Velupillai and his wife Vallipuram Parvathy. That is Tamil homeland, Tamil nationality and Tamil right to self-determination. Karuna was then sworn in as Minister of National Integration. [41][note 1] In 1973, Prabhakaran teamed up with Chetti Thanabalasingam and with a fraction of the Tamil Manavar Peravai to form the Tamil New Tigers (TNT). Thileepan, a Lt. colonel rank officer adopted Gandhian means to protest against the IPKF killings by staging a fast unto death from 15 September 1987, and by abstaining from food or water until 26 September, when he died in front of thousands of Tamils who had come there to fast along with him. LTTE Leader Prabhakaran is Alive, Tamil Nationalist Leader Nedumaran Claims But Karuna's transition from a feared fighter to a peace-loving politician seems to have unfolded in an unpredictable manner. Sinhala-Tamil reconciliation as conceived by Rajapaksas had to be in an environment where the Tamils are militarily and politically suppressed. Karuna also unleashed an orgy of violence mainly against Tamils in the Eastern Province by recruiting child soldiers and abducting and disappearing civilians in Colombo, with the support of the then government. He cited two reasons for his departure. Internal cohesion within the TMVP has been a problem in the past before, particularly disagreements between Pillaiyan and Karuna over finance. He works for the very government that he once fought. If they were in the no-fire zone, they could not have escaped," Karuna, now a federal minister, said. Former Director (International/Digital Media), Sri Lanka Presidents Office. Prabhakaran Living in Bunker 18-22 Feet Underground -Karuna Amman [63], Prabhakaran also answered a number of questions in which he reaffirmed their commitment towards the peace process, quoted "We are sincerely committed to the peace process. On 25 January 2008, he was sentenced to nine months in prison. charles anthony prabhakaran [6] The Tigers reacted to his defection by launching attacks against Muralitharan's forces, and heavy clashes ensued. "Prabhakaran's daughter, Duwarka, who was said to be studying in Ireland, during the height of the final battle, hadn't returned to Sri Lanka, but had been in touch with her father via phone, revealed a credible source from Norway," it said. [20] A dog tag marked 001, two pistols, a T56 rifle with telescopic sight, a satellite phone, and a canister filled with diabetic medicine were found along with the body.
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