Prabhakaran's death is 'engineered' rumour: LTTE

May 23, 2009: Five days after the Sri Lankan government claimed that it had killed leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Velupillai Prabhakaran, Head of International Secretariat of the Intelligence Wing of the LTTE, Arivazhakan, on Friday said that Mr. Prabhakaran is "alive, totally safe" and he will emerge at an "appropriate time".

This is the second time LTTE has rubbished the Sri Lankan government's claim to pro-LTTE website Tamilnet.com.

Mr. Arivazhakan alleged that the Rajapaksa government through its media is spreading false propaganda and rumours about the death of the LTTE Leader only to misguide the people in Sri Lanka and the International Community.

Urging the global Tamil community not to believe such “engineered rumours”, Mr. Arivazhakan said, “Our beloved leader is alive and monitoring the situation. He will again emerge and contact with his people in appropriate time”.

“Time is coming when it will be proved that Colombo government is spreading false propaganda,” he further said, but did not reveal his location due to security reasons.

Other reliable LTTE intelligence sources said Pirapharan along with Pottu Amman and Col. Soosai had escaped through Kanchikudicharu a dense jungle in Mullaithivu.

The LTTE sources however had accepted that Charles Antony, B. Nadesan and Pulledevan were shot dead by Sri Lankan military.