LTTE STAGE MANAGED THE KILLINGS OF TAMIL NADU FISHERMEN AND LTTE AGENTS BELIEVED BLAMING SRILANKA

By Walter Jayawardhana

It is widely believed in the Defense circles both in India and Sri Lanka that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has stage managed the killing of the Tamil fishermen in the narrow straits between India and Sri Lanka in the eve of the Sri Lanka President’s trip to New Delhi to strain friendly relations between the two countries.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary Dr. Palitha Kohona said that Sri Lanka Navy data indicated that the Sri Lanka Navy was nowhere near the area where they are alleged to have attacked the Indian fishermen and it was very clear that at no stage did Sri Lanka navy vessels go into Indian waters.
“In any event it is inimical to the interest of Sri Lanka and it’s Navy to attack Indian fishermen,” said Dr. Kohona.

Indian websites like Rediff/India Abroad , notorious for their unprofessional reporting continue to publish unsubstantiated news reports that say “Sri Lankan Navy personnel opened fire at” the fishermen and killed them.

Rediff/India Abroad, who are notorious for unprofessional and unsubstantiated reporting even in the past said five Indian fishermen are feared by this alleged Sri Lankan killing. They did not say at least what motivated Sri Lanka and what interest that would serve to kill five Indian citizens in cold blood without any provocation in Indian waters in the eve of the Sri Lankan President’s trip to India.
The website did not say how did they come to the conclusion that it was the Sri Lanka navy that killed the fishermen.

The Rediff/ India Abroad website reported, “ Three Indian fishermen were killed and two others with bullet wounds were feared drowned when they were in the high seas on Thursday. “
The unsubstantiated Rediff/India Abroad item said, “Reports said two fishermen were also injured in the incident that occurred about 30 nautical miles from the Indian coast where a group of nine fishermen from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu were fishing.” They did not identify what the reports are and analysts said they could be simply rumors spread by the LTTE agents like Marumalarchchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by Vaiko or any other extremist anti-India political party in Tamil Nadu.

According to the report , “While two fishermen, Mariajohn (50) and Lenus (52) were killed on the spot, Jesudoss (31), who sustained serious injuries died at the Hospital on Friday morning.
Two others, Satish (26) and Justin (21), who sustained bullet wounds and jumped from the boat, were feared drowned.

The injured, Jerry and Easter Boy were admitted to the hospital.”Dr. Palitha Kohona said in New Delhi, ““It is very clear that the LTTE has stage managed the incident which killed four Indian fishermen. It is a familiar pattern on the eve of the SAARC summit in New Delhi. It is a deliberate attempt to discredit Sri Lanka”.