The Ministry of Defence has vehemently denied a statement made by an Indian politician claiming that banned terror group LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is in fact alive and that he is expected to make a public appearance soon.
Media Director of the Ministry of Defence Colonel Nalin Herath dismissed the relevant statement as “ridiculous”.
In wake of fourteen years after the Sri Lankan government declared the LTTE leader Prabhakaran was dead, former politician in Tamil Nadu Pazha Nedumaran yesterday (Feb. 13) claimed that he is alive and healthy, and he will soon make a public appearance.
Nedumaran, the president of the World Confederation of Tamils made this statement while speaking to the media in Thanjavur, India.
“LTTE leader Prabhakaran is alive and will appear soon. We are happy to announce this to the world. He will announce his plans for Tamil Eelam”, he said.
Explaining the timing of this announcement, he said, “The fall of the Rajapaksa government after the Sinhala uprising in Sri Lanka has created a conducive situation. This is the right time for Prabhakaran’s appearance.”
However, Nedumaran has made claims of Prabhakaran being alive earlier too. In 2018, he had told The Indian Express, an Indian news agency, that he has reliable information that Prabhakaran is still alive.
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