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Director of Tiger peace secretariat Seevaratnam Prabaharan alias Pulidevan, has been placed under house arrest on direct orders of Tiger leader V. Prabhakaran, sources in the Wanni said.
Defence intelligence sources say that the arrest was due to a worsening internal dispute among key Tiger figures. An armed gang led by Tiger intelligence wing leader Pottu Amman had made the arrest few days back, the sources added.
Many prominent Tiger leaders who seemed to be a challenge to V. Prabhakaran have been murdered by Pottu Amman’s intelligence wing. Gopalasamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya then deputy of the Tiger’s Organisation was murdered as he became too popular within the organization. Pottu Amman, an Interpol wanted criminal like his psychopathic chief, got Mahattaya arrested, tortured him in a dungeon for sometime and finally murdered him together with over 200 of his loyalists. Prabhakaran is holding Mahattaya’s family hostage in the Wanni ever since.
Defence sources also said that Pottu Amman has framed charges against Pulidevan for treachery against the outfit. The bitter power struggle among Tiger leaders has led to bloody violence even in European countries where the loyalists of different leaders fight internecine battles. Pulidevan was a notable absentee at the funeral of Balraj, a prominent Tiger leader who died of a heart attack recently.
Pulidevan was a key member of the Tiger delegation that engaged in so called peace talks with the Sri Lankan government during the failed ceasefire.
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