LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was captured alive and "tortured" by the army before being shot dead in northern Wanni, a Jaffna-based human rights group has alleged in a report that has been dismissed as "ridiculous" by the Sri Lankan government and military.
LTTE supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran was captured alive and "tortured" by the army before being shot dead in northern Wanni, a Jaffna-based human rights group has alleged in a report that has been dismissed as "ridiculous" by the Sri Lankan government and military.
The University Teachers for Human Rights-Jaffna (UTHR-J), in a special report - 'A Marred Victory and a Defeat Pregnant with Foreboding' - also cited "army sources" as saying that Prabhakaran's 12-year-old youngest son Balachandran was killed after capture.
The government has stoutly denied such suggestions. Powerful defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the brother of Mahinda Rajapaksa, dismissed reports attributed to UTHR and said there was "absolutely no truth" in claims of Prabhakaran or any other "hardcore" being caught alive, 'The Island' newspaper reported today.
Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka and Major General Kamal Gunarathne too have denied reports that Prabhakaran was taken alive.
They said the LTTE chief was killed during a gunfight in the Nanthi Kadal lagoon along with dozens of LTTE fighters. The UTHR report detailed on "constantly changing official versions" of the LTTE supremo's death and quoted high-level military sources as saying that "Prabhakaran was tortured probably at Division 53 HQ in the presence of a Tamil government politician and a general."
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