Thursday, May 28, 2009
LTTE Prabhakaran's DNA identification confirmed - SL Army
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Over 10,000 ex-terrorists under Govt care
The continuous defeats of the LTTE had made its cadres to abandon the outfit in large numbers. Over 7,237 terrorists who had surrendered to the military are now being rehabilitated at various rehabilitation centres. Among them are 1,601 females.
Another batch of 202 terrorists including 80 males are living in IDP camps. According to officials, they were identified by the military and separated from the refugees in the welfare camps. "They surrendered to the troops when the military offensives got tough. The 202 terrorists including females are well trained LTTE terrorists", they said. The officials said over 2,379 LTTE terrorists were identified by the military. Among them are terrorists who volunteered to surrender to the troops.
Over 2,065 males said that they surrendered to the troops at the Forward Defence Lines as they were disillusioned with their leadership. They had sensed the historic defeat and realised that the LTTE cadres had to fight to protect the life of the LTTE leader and not for Eelam. The terrorists who surrendered are provided with facilities and most of them have been sent to rehabilitation camps.
Over 271,967 refugees have sought protection under the Government. The majority of them who had been kept by the late LTTE leader as hostages fled the No Fire Zone in Puthumathalan despite the terrorists' tough warnings from April 20-22.
Having successfully concluded the world's biggest hostage rescue operation, the military saved the lives of over 180,000 people without firing a single round of bullets.
The IDPs are being facilitated in Government welfare centres in 29 locations, including Government schools.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Sri Lanka Army said that over 6,000 soldiers had sacrificed their lives and over 30,000 were injured.
According to sources, the LTTE suffered a loss of over 22,000 terrorists.
IDPs: Govt. already acting on agreed areas of priority - President to Ban Ki-moon
The Government is already giving the highest priority to the issues raised by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon with regard to the massive influx of Internally Displaced Persons held hostage by the LTTE, and matters that have arisen following the defeat of LTTE terrorism, said President Mahinda Rajapaksa at their meeting at President's House, in Kandy today (May 23).The Secretary General, who met the President after a visit to IDP relief villages in Vavuniya earlier today, said progress must come in three critical areas such as immediate humanitarian relief, followed by reintegration and reconstruction, leading to a sustainable and equitable political solution in Sri Lanka.
Responding to the Secretary General's observation that progress on all these areas must proceed in parallel, with the least delay, President Rajapaksa said these areas had already been recognized as those needing the highest priority, and that work was already in place to address them. He said there were still some aspects of security of the IDPs that had to be assured in view of the likely presence of LTTE infiltrators among the large numbers who had come to the Government areas. All action was being taken to ensure the safety of the IDPs, and to expedite their resettlement and reintegration into society.
President Rajapaksa said the Government was already working on a plan to resettle most of the IDPs within 180 days. He told the UNSG that all resettlement will be done under internationally accepted norms. This would require ensuring the safety of the IDPs, as well as their rehabilitation, and providing them with new skills for successful livelihood.
President Rajapaksa also said the Government was committed to a political solution, and for this purpose action would be taken based on the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
The UN Secretary General who appreciated the conditions the relief village at Chettikulam that he visited earlier today, said there was room for improvement, which would require the wider assistance of the International Community. He understood the immense pressures brought on the Government as a result of the sudden arrival of such large numbers of people seeking relief, who had been held hostage for a long period.
The UN Secretary General requested the Government to allow greater access to international relief agencies that will be able to help with their experience and expertise. President Rajapaksa said that as conditions improved, especially with regard to security, there would be no objections to such assistance, from organizations that were genuinely interested in the well being of the IDPs and the needs of rehabilitation and reconstruction.
Mr. Ban Ki-moon assured President Rajapaksa that the UN would extend all assistance to Sri Lanka in facing up to this new challenge following the ending of hostilities in the country.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Canada must protect Sri Lankan Canadians
Early this morning a 'Sinhalese' Sri Lankan restaurant in Brampton was firebombed by suspected Tamil Tiger supporters. Last week the Sri Lankan Buddhist Temple in Scarborough was set on fire, again by the same extremists, causing $40,000 in damage.
Other Sri Lankan community establishments (as opposed to Tamil Tiger fronts) are under significant threat in Canada but especially in the Greater Toronto Area. Peaceful Canadians of Sri Lankan origin cannot even gather at places of worship in Toronto . Their children are under threat in their schools and other places. Many of them have received hate mail and threatening phone calls. Some say that they are scared to organize cultural or sports events because they fear Tamil Tiger operatives.
The threat level has increased significantly since the Tamil Tigers and their leader Prabhakaran were eliminated earlier this week. This follows a worldwide pattern; Sri Lankans have been attacked and injured and Sri Lankan establishments, including many embassies, in Great Britain , Europe, and Australia have been attacked and damaged.
It is with regret that I say that nothing has been heard from government officials, provincial or federal, subsequent to the attacks and threats in Canada on Sri Lankan establishments except for Minister Jason Kenney's condemnation of the burning of the Scarborough Buddhist Temple . I am especially dismayed by the silence of the Premier of Ontario, Mr. McGuinty.
There is no point in issuing anodyne statements by Canadian politicians. What is required is action. What is required is proactive police protection of establishments that the community has identified and that should be 24/7 until the threat passes. What is required is active intervention in schools to remove the threat of Tamil Tiger thuggery within.
It is terrible that innocent, law-abiding Sri Lankan Canadians are being subject to these outrages. As Consul General for the Government of Sri Lanka I have been approached by many with their stories. It is not within my power to protect these people. I can only appeal to the Canadian authorities to put a stop to the Tamil Tiger operatives who threaten the people whose homeland I represent.
Australia gives $ 35.6m for development
This represents an increase of 5.6 percent over the 2008-09 budget of $3.7 billion.
Australia's estimated $35.6 million contribution to development in Sri Lanka will include up to $7 million to continue work at the community level to assist with rehabilitation, primarily across northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
Australia will also help Sri Lanka improve its capacity to manage natural resources, assist in strengthening basic education and provide scholarships to candidates for study in priority sectors.
A key element of Australia's aid would be support for humanitarian and refugee programs.
This will include the provision of essential humanitarian support to civilians who have been displaced as a result of conflict in the north.
Australia has already committed over $23.5 million for humanitarian activities in Sri Lanka since December 2008.
Sri Lanka's victory may offer lessons
The tactics the government used to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels could help other nations grappling with insurgencies.
Reporting from New Delhi -- Sri Lanka's victory this week after a 25-year battle against the Tamil Tiger rebels represents a rare success story for governments that are fighting insurgencies.
Even as leaders in Colombo declared a national holiday and citizens danced in the streets, military planners and analysts around the world have begun scrutinizing the war for lessons on how to fight Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other militant groups.
For more than two decades in the conflict in Sri Lanka, neither side was strong enough to overcome the other. That changed three years ago, when the army adopted more mobile tactics, overhauled its intelligence system, promoted young commanders and steadily hemmed in one of the world's most ruthless and innovative rebel movements.
At its peak, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, as the rebels are formally known, controlled one-third of the country, had their own army, a sizable navy and nascent air force, and served as a role model for insurgencies worldwide with their pioneering use of suicide vests and female suicide bombers. This week, the army displayed in triumph what it said was the portly, bullet-riddled body of Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran in his signature fatigues.
Arguably the most important factor in ending the stalemate was the political will to do whatever it took. In a supreme irony, President Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected in November 2005 by a 1.9% margin after Prabhakaran urged Tamils to boycott the election. Rajapaksa made military victory over the Tigers a cornerstone of his administration and signaled to the military that it could get whatever resources it wanted simply by asking.
"They did everything a general dreams of," said retired Indian Maj. Gen. Ashok Mehta, a commander of the Indian peacekeeping forces in Sri Lanka in the late 1980s. "Unfettered resources and no political interference."
The military budget quickly grew by 40% a year, and the army exploded by 70% to 180,000 troops, adding 3,000 a month compared with 3,000 a year previously, drawing largely from rural Singhalese attracted by relatively high wages in a struggling economy.
With more soldiers, the army was able to hit the Tigers on several fronts simultaneously, breaking with years of hit-or-miss operations.
"Before the army would take territory, then move on, allowing the LTTE to come back," said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara. "That changed and we hit them on all four fronts so they could no longer muster all their resources into one place."
Some of the lessons are transferable, experts said.
"Sri Lanka provides a case study," said Rohan Gunaratna, head of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore.
Others lessons are either unique to Sri Lanka or would be politically unpalatable in other societies, including the high civilian and military death tolls and alleged human rights violations. The United Nations and many human rights groups repeatedly called for a cease-fire so civilians caught in the cross-fire could flee the conflict area -- calls the government largely dismissed.
"They were not worried about collateral damage," said Ajey Lele, a military analyst and ex-Indian wing commander. "So in many regards it's a very difficult model to adopt."
By some estimates, close to 100,000 people died in the war, which began in 1983, including more than 7,000 civilians since January.
Because Rajapaksa's base was the nation's Sinhalese majority, there was relatively little domestic pushback over the collateral damage to ethnic Tamil civilians. The government restricted the access of international media and independent humanitarian groups, making it difficult to report what was going on.
The lesson of nonstop, no-holds-barred combat -- the army even powered on during monsoons -- was complemented by better use of small, flexible "deep penetration" special forces units, many trained by their U.S. and Indian counterparts. Dressed like the rebels, they went behind enemy lines, assassinating Tigers, crippling infrastructure in rebel-held areas and reporting target locations to the army and air force.
Cutting off supply lines, creating faster and more mobile special forces units, going after financing and flushing out jungle hide-outs are other lessons applicable to other insurgency battles, experts said.
At the same time, the Tigers' scope made them a bigger target. For years, the Tigers parked freighters at sea and ferried weapons, oil, food and other supplies into ports they controlled.
In recent years, the government destroyed seven of these mother ships, reportedly with the help of satellite intelligence from India and the United States, and made better use of small, maneuverable, heavily armed "Arrow" vessels.
"It adopted many new tactics and techniques," said retired Indian Col. Ravindra Tripathi, a military analyst. "And it imbued fighting spirit in its troops."
The broader political climate also was changing, some critics said. Any lingering sympathy for so-called freedom fighters eroded after the Sept. 11 attacks. Though some militant groups, such as the Irish Republican Army, eventually opted for political settlement, Prabhakaran rejected the idea of compromise.
In this new climate, the Sri Lankan government also gained access to U.S. satellite intelligence, training and designation of the LTTE as a terrorist organization by the U.S., European Union and India. Smuggling and arms deals, as well as financing from the Tamil diaspora, became more difficult as the international community stepped up its scrutiny of money trails.
"A military precept the world over is that you can't win militarily against an insurgency, which is essentially a political struggle," said Maj. Gen. Mehta. "They turned that on its head."
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sri Lanka and India focus on relief for rescued hostages
Sri Lanka and India are agreed that with the end of military operations in Sri Lanka, the time was opportune to focus attention on issues of relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and re-conciliation including a permanent political solution in Sri Lanka.
This understanding was reached when President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with the India Foreign Secretary Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon and National Security Advisor Mr. M.K. Narayanan at Janadhipathi Mandiraya, this morning (21).
The Government of India committed to provide all possible assistance in the implementation of a plan for early resettlement of IDPs in areas such as de-mining, provision of civil infrastructure and re-construction of houses. All these activities will be implemented in close consultation and co-operation with the Government of Sri Lanka
Here is the text of the Press Statement issues after the meeting:
"Mr. M.K. Narayanan, National Security Advisor and Mr. S. Menon, Foreign Secretary of India visited Sri Lanka on 20 and 21 May. They called on His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka and met with senior officials, including Hon. Basil Rajapaksa, MP, Mr. Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to the President and Defence Secretary, Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa. They also interacted with a number of political parties in Sri Lanka.
Both sides agreed that with the end of military operations in Sri Lanka, the time was opportune to focus attention on issues of relief, rehabilitation, resettlement and re-conciliation including a permanent political solution in Sri Lanka.
Following their agreement of 26October 2008, both sides have been co-operating in providing humanitarian relief and assistance to IDPs in Sri Lanka. This includes medical assistance in the form of a field hospital, urgently needed medicines and medical supplies as well as food, clothing and shelter material.
Both sides emphasized the urgent need to resettle the IDPs in their villages and towns of habitation and to provide to them necessary basic and civil infrastructure as well as means of livelihood to resume their normal lives at the earliest possible. To this end, the Government of Sri Lanka indicated that it was their intention to dismantle the welfare villages at the earliest and outlined a 180 day plan to re-settle the bulk of IDPs to their original places of habitation. The Government of India committed to provide all possible assistance in the implementation of such a plan in areas such as de-mining, provision of civil infrastructure and re-construction of houses. All these activities will be implemented in close consultation and co-operation with the Government of Sri Lanka.
Both sides also emphasized the urgent necessity of arriving at a lasting political settlement in Sri Lanka. To this, the Government of Sri Lanka indicated that it will proceed with implementation of the 13th Amendment.
Further, the Government of Sri Lanka also intends to begin a broader dialogue with all parties, including the Tamil parties, in the new circumstances, for further enhancement of political arrangements to bring about lasting peace and reconciliation in Sri Lanka.
India seeks Prabhakaran's death certificate
| 21 May 2009, 1351 hrs IST | ||||
India on Thursday (May 21) sought for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) slain supremo Prabhakaran's death certificate. National Security Advisor (NSA) MK Narayanan, who is in Sri Lankan to meet President Mahinda Rajapaksa, made it clear to the SL government that India needs the certificate to close former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case. Earlier, PM Manmohan Singh sent special envoys -- NSA MK Narayanan and Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, to meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to also seek a political solution to the Tamil question while offering help in the reconstruction effort following elimination of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE). Narayanan and Menon, who arrived in Colombo on Wednesday (May 20), met Rajapaksa at a close door breakfast meeting at his Temple Trees residence. |
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Last call from Prabakaran to KP
The phone call was made around 2 AM on May 07 from Sri Lanka to Malaysia, says the intelligence bureau that is monitoring the communication of the international terrorist organizations. The LTTE leader asked KP to assume the leadership of the LTTE and lead the struggle following any circumstance within the coming few days. He has urged KP to work with the people mentioned in an email he has sent. Prabakaran has asked to carry on the struggle since the conditions are good for the Ealam struggle internationally, the Intelligence bureau.
The voice of the LTTE leader was feeble because he might have been ill or angry, said the bureau adding that the voice matching software has proved that the voice was Prabakaran’s.
Political observers say that Prabakaran’s phone call can be a crucial one since the LTTE leaders were sending their wives and families to Army-held areas since the following May 15.
Prabhakaran’s entire family decimated in the bid to escape
These bodies which have now been sent for autopsy today (May 20), were found from among those retrieved from the Nandikadal lagoon yesterday (May 19), said military spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara.
The bodies of Charles Anthony, Pabhakaran’s eldest son and that of Prabhakaran were also recovered yesterday(19) by the Army whilst combing the Nandikadal lagoon.
Prabhakaran death has been confirmed
COLOMBO, May 19 (Reuters) -- In the end, Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran appeared to have no time to bite the cyanide capsule he wore to take in case of imminent capture.
The architect of Asia's longest-running civil war had vowed never to be taken alive, and on Tuesday, Sri Lankan army Commander General Sarath Fonseka said soldiers had killed the island's most wanted -- and until now -- most elusive man.
For 37 years, Prabhakaran had done one thing better than anything else on his fearsome resume: avoid capture. But on Tuesday, there was little doubt about the elusive Tiger chief's whereabouts, even though an LTTE official denied he was dead.
Video footage showed what the military said was Prabhakaran's corpse with the top of his head blown off. The founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was shot and killed on Monday, the government said. [ID:nSP75193]
Before meeting his end near a marshy lagoon in the land he fought three decades to establish as a separate nation for Sri Lanka's Tamils, Prabhakaran had almost single-handedly propelled one of the world's most brutal and intractable wars.
He sent thousands of foes and followers to their deaths, either by signing off on their assassinations or ordering them to blow themselves up with a bomb strapped to their chest.
The man known to friends as "Thamby", or little brother in Tamil, started out with a few friends by robbing banks to fund their rebel group in the 1970s, and eventually turned it into one of the world's most well-funded and well-armed irregular groups.
The LTTE at its peak ruled a quarter of Sri Lanka's land mass, maintaining a standing army, navy and even a combat air wing of small planes that carried out attacks in the capital and elsewhere during its two years aloft from 2007-2009.
A stocky man who brooked no dissent from his own organisation or the wider Tamil community, Prabhakaran has been accused of eliminating all of his opponents, including lieutenants.
The list included nearly every moderate Tamil politician in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa in 1993, and former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
PHOTO ALBUM
Shortly before the end, troops recovered his personal photo album and the Defence Ministry published pictures showing him frolicking with his eldest son, Charles Anthony, in a pool, or dining in relative luxury with his family.
"Those were purely personal pictures, taken like any father who has a doting family," said Col. R. Hariharan, who served in India's 1987-1990 peacekeeping mission to Sri Lanka.
"But it also shows, though the Sri Lankan propaganda puts it crudely, his double standards in asking suicide bombers to give up their lives."
Prabhakaran was most often pictured in his trademark tiger stripe camouflage with men and women he had sent to their deaths on suicide missions. One notable photo showed his followers in combat boots, while he wore penny loafers.
The son of a government employee, Prabhakaran dropped out of school at 16 to fight for Tamil independence and has since been accused of drafting thousands of child soldiers, some as young as 10, and sending hundreds of people to blow themselves up.
Prabhkaran lifted a ban on marriage in the LTTE when he married university student Mathi Vathani in 1984.
The couple had three children. His heir-apparent, Charles Anthony, was killed in the final assault, and the image of his dead body was broadcast on state television on Monday.
A fan of action movies, Prabhakaran initially called his group the Tamil New Tigers, which produced the acronym TNT.
Although he caught the attention of authorities shortly thereafter, his notoriety grew after he killed the pro-government mayor of the northern city of Jaffna in 1975.
A year later, he changed his growing insurgent group's name to reflect his goal of creating Eelam, the Tamil word for homeland.
The LTTE quickly became the most brutally efficient of several groups formed to fight against what they saw as mistreatment by successive governments, all led by the Sinhalese ethnic majority since independence from Britain in 1948.
By the time Sri Lanka's civiL war got under way in 1983, the LTTE had sidelined almost all of them.
That Prabhakaran had faced a final showdown was a marked turnaround for a man who just a few years ago owned a reputation as a ruthless tactician who killed his enemies before they became threats and commanded a fanatically loyal army.
In his annual speech in November, he said Sri Lanka's military was "in a dreamland" if it thought it would win the war. (Editing by Bill Tarrant)
Iran congratulates Sri Lanka on defeating terrorism
The Iranian Foreign Minister said that Iran has maintained close relations with Sri Lanka and has always condemned terrorism and, consistently upheld the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka. He states that he was speaking on behalf of the President of Iran who has conveyed his best wishes to Sri Lanka and will personally speak to the President of Sri Lanka at a mutually convenient time. Iran has also offered assistance through the Red Crescent, for the emergency relief operations for the IDPs in the North.
Foreign Minister Bogollagama conveyed his appreciation and thanks to the Government of Iran for the generous support extended to Sri Lanka at all times. While reiterating that bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Iran have stood the test of time, he informed his counterpart that LTTE terrorism has been completely eradicated from the country and that Sri Lanka is now looking forward to a new chapter.
Minister Bogollagama further pointed out that the Government will give utmost priority to the humanitarian exercise underway to provide facilities to the IDPs in the welfare centres. At the same time, it will be actively pursuing the inclusive political agenda and work towards economic empowerment of all citizens of the country which would ensure peace, stability and progress in Sri Lanka.
Seven more LTTE leaders identified among the dead
Accordingly, bodies of self-styled "Brigadier" Soosai, leader of the Sea Tigers, "Lieutenant Colonel" Verti, a senior intelligence leader, "Lieutenant Colonel" Ram Kumar, an Intelligence leader, "Lieutenant Colonel" Manimekala alias Komali , a senior female intelligence leader, "Lieutenant Colonel" Anna Thurai , political head in Batticaloa, "Colonel " Rangan, a senior Sea Tiger leader, "Lieutenant Colonel" Vinodan , a senior intelligence leader have been identified.
Search operations are being continued.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Prabhakaran is alive, claims LTTE
Rejecting Sri Lankan Government's claim that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's chief V. Prabhakaran has been killed by the army, LTTE's International Relations head S. Pathmanathan on Tuesday said Tamil Tigers chief is still alive and healthy.
What prof do the LTTE needs more than Prabakarans dead body.
Prabhakaran shot dead by his own men? Or Shot dead by the army.
Is Prabakaran Dead or Alive ?
Ltte supporters don’t like to believe that their leader is dead. Many LTTE Supported sites says that Prabhakaran alive and safe, claims pro-LTTE website. Its ahs been confirmed that valupille prabakaran has been killed. Sri Lankan local media has shown his body confirmed death.
Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Sarath Fonseka has confirmed that the body of V.Prabhakaran, psychopathic leader of world's most barbaric terrorist outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been found short while ago (May 19).
According to the defence sources, the LTTE leader who has ordered thousands of Tamil youth to give up their lives for him has tried to save his life until the last moment. The terror chief's body was found by the 53 Division troops led by Major General Kamal Goonarathne, the sources further said.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Does army victory mean peace for Sri Lanka?
The Tamil Tiger torrorist leader Velupillai Prabhakaran has been killed, Is the war now over in Sri Lanka?
The announcement on state television came shortly after the military said it had surrounded Prabhakaran in a tiny patch of jungle.There have been street celebrations in the capital, Colombo.
Prabhakaran led in a bloody civil war for 26 years fighting for a separate state for Tamils in the north and east of Sri Lanka.
More than 70,000 people have been killed in the conflict and thousands displaced. There is still widespread international concern about civilians who may have been caught up in the fighting.
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What is your reaction to the news?
Have you been taking part in the celebrations?
What does the Sri Lankan government need to do to ensure lasting peace?
Does this mean an end to the conflict in Sri Lanka?
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War has officially ended
His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa , President of Sri Lanka and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces has been officially informed about the successful task accomplishment by the country's top defence officials this evening (May 18).
Secretary Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Donald Perera, Army Chief, Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka, Navy Chief, Vice Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, Air Force Chief, Air Marshal Roshan Goonathilake, Inspector General of Police Jayantha Wickramarathne and Director General of Civil Defence Force Sarath Weerasekara officially reported to the president that the task entrusted on them to liberate the nation from clutches of terrorism has been successfully accomplished and the nation is free from terror. The reporting was made at a charm ceremony held at Temple Trees.
President Rajapaksa is scheduled to address the nation from the parliament on Tuesday (May 19) at 9.30 AM.
LTTE leader Prabhakaran death In different views
(LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is no more among the living.
The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, has been killed, the military says.
It said Prabhakaran - along with two of his top commanders - had died while trying to flee from the last rebel-held patch of jungle in the north-east.
The military said it had crushed the Tamil Tigers' 26-year insurgency, as people around the country celebrated.
No photos of Prabhakaran's body have been released. The army says it is working to identify it among the dead.
The claims cannot be verified as reporters are barred from the war zone.
Another unconfirmed report says that valupillai prabhakaran has committed suicide along with more than 300 of his deputies and senior cadres in the Mullivaaikkaal area of Karaithuraipatru AGA division in Mullaitheevu district. This was reported on May 16, 2009. Read more
However the story goes valupillai prabhakaran is no more among the living.
Indian state of mind after hearing about the death