Another 'innocent' disappears

Tamilnet photo of Norwegian Tamils holding pictures of Eelamaran

Tamils in Norway held protest demonstration last year alleging that a Tamil Norwegian named "Sounthararajan Thambirajah" got abducted in Sri Lanka after going to Wanni to get married. Tamilnet even ran a separate story about him.

A Norwegian newspaper had reported that Sounthararajan (31) had gone missing after he was checked by the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) at Omanthai entry-exit point. Their premise was that "Sounthararajan Thambirajah"was an innocent civilian. Sources have indicated that this is not the case.

"Sounthararajan Thambirajah"goes by the nom de guerre Eelamaran in the LTTE. He went to Wanni in 2006 to obtain weapons training from LTTE. He then went on to serve in Muhamalai. He is also a close confidante of the LTTE's 'International Secretariat' head V Manivannan alias Castro with whom he was staying while in Vanni.

Castro's main base in Wisuvamadhu was bombed by SLAF and only 'Lt. Col' Kalai Allahan was killed since the bombing was inaccurate. Castro escaped and moved to another base down the road. It is believed that Sounthararajan Thambirajah alias Eelamaran may have revealed Castro's whereabouts while in captivity.

TK