A pro-LTTE website, Tamilnet.com, on Tuesday claimed that the Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran is still 'alive and safe', a day after Sri Lankan army announced that it has killed the top rebel leader.

"I wish to inform the Global Tamil community distressed witnessing the final events of the war that our beloved leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is alive and safe," LTTE's International Relations head S Pathmanathan was quoted as saying by the website, which usually puts out the rebels' version on the battle with the Sri Lankan armed forces.