ET India Inc. ET Engage. ET Secure IT. CBI approaches Interpol in Rajiv Gandhi murder case, wants to wrap up probe CBI feels the case has been held up for very long and should be wrapped up quickly after getting all information from Sri Lanka. Pathmanathan will be prosecuted under Sri Lankan laws: Govt Sri Lankan government has said it will prosecute the arrested new LTTE chief K Pathmanathan under the country's laws despite the rebel leader holding multi-passports including Indian.
No clarity on Rajiv Gandhi assassination probe; CBI sends reminder Sources said no final word has come from the Home Ministry whether to keep the agency functioning or wrap up the probe. All News Videos Photos. Prabhakaran waited for Indian election results Prabhakaran was waiting till May 16, the day results of Lok Sabha elections were known, to decide on his and LTTE's future, but it was too late.
Tamil Tigers acknowledge death of Prabhakaran The Tamil Tigers on Sunday officially acknowledged that their leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, was killed a week ago by Sri Lankan govt troops. LTTE claims Prabhakaran is alive The report also said that the rebel leadership "will make contact with its people at a suitable time in future. Browse Companies:. The nearby A-9 highway bisects Kilinochchi and is a key trunk road, connecting the northern province, an area traditionally dominated by the Tamil ethnic group, which is mainly Hindu and accounting for 11 per cent of the population, with the rest of Sri Lanka — populated mainly by Sinhalese, mainly Buddhist and accounting for 75 per cent of its people.
In recent years, jewellery shops, ice cream parlours and supermarkets have sprung up along the A Most of the bullet and mortar gouged ruins have been demolished. In the decades following independence from Britain in , relations between the Sinhalese and Tamils grew increasingly antagonistic, intermittently erupting into communal violence.
Now in his mids, Kumar Ramalingam was a Tiger for 18 years and was still fighting when Prabhakaran was killed. Not all ex-combatants have made an easy transition to civilian life. The land north and east of Kilinochchi, on this visit shortly before the coronavirus pandemic brought a halt to the country, is a lavish panorama of blues and greens.
But the scenic beauty can be deceptive. The war to establish Eelam came to a cataclysmic end here in May The numbers killed in the final weeks of the war are a matter of contention, with estimates ranging from several thousand to more than 40, There is still a considerable military presence in the north and a draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act remains in place, even in peacetime, giving the mainly Sinhalese security forces wide powers of arrest.
Moreover, the government fears the activities of the Tamil diaspora, elements of which remain sympathetic to the concept of Eelam. In addition, child soldiers were identified, of them being sent to a Hindu college in the south of the island. The military still plays a key role in the lives of former fighters. His office is located in the capital Colombo, km south of Kilinochchi. Over a year career, he fought the LTTE in numerous battles in the north. He describes the process of psycho-social profiling that ex-Tigers underwent, followed by vocational training including masonry, carpentry, computer technology and food preparation.
In January , Rajapaksa admitted that 20, people missing from the war are almost certainly dead. Moreover, some missing cases involve civilians said to have been still alive after hostilities ceased. This is illustrated with particular poignancy by Jeyakumari Balendran. She arrives with her daughter Vibooshika 18 at a secluded location in Vavuniya , a town about an hour south of Kilinochchi.
Holding up her mobile phone, a grainy image materialises of her son, Mahintan 15 , engaged in exercises with dozens of other teenagers in a government-run rehabilitation centre in the southern district of Kandy in June For his part, Gen Hettiarachchi is adamant that no civilians were lost in the rehabilitation centres. Nobody can say that those who have entered for rehabilitation have gone missing.
Men like Punitan and his former comrades are almost all that remain of the LTTE, at least within the northern province. According to prominent Colombo-based human rights activist Ruki Fernando, most Tamils do not espouse a revived militancy, at least not for now.
This article was supported with a grant from the Simon Cumbers Media Fund. Please update your payment details to keep enjoying your Irish Times subscription. At the end of the war according to some sources LTTE combatants were in Government custody. According to some estimates, were rehabilitated and reintegrated into the society. They are undergoing special training in 9 Rehabilitation Centres in the North. It continues with the Emergency laws and Prevention of Terrorism Act.
High Security Zones in the former war zones are also not yet dismantled. The ex-combatants who have already been reintegrated are being constantly monitored by the Government. Secondly, many of the ex-combatants who were forced to join the LTTE do not want to regroup again and are looking forward towards a normal life.
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