Prabhakaran still in charge of LTTE – Udaya Nanayakkara

Army Spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara yesterday said that LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has not fled the country and is still hiding in the Puthukuduiruppu area. He said that according to information received by them Prabhakaran is directing LTTE activities from his hideout in Puthukuduiruppu.

He said the army had earlier discovered several underground bunkers that were suspected to have been occupied by Parabhakaran and he could still be in such a bunker within the last pieces of territory held by the Tigers. A senior military officer said that the ‘Radha Regiment’ that was providing personal security to Prabhakaran had also been sent to the battlefront on a directive by the Tiger Leader.

Although the female cadres of the ‘Radha Regiment’ had not been sent to the battlefront earlier now, female cadres were also deployed on the frontlines due to the shortage of fighters in the LTTE.