LTTE terrorists kill the Hindu Priest who garlanded President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his recent visit to Vakarai.

Ministry of Defence, Public Security, Law & Order

Head priest of the Pulliar Hindu Temple at Sandiveli in Batticaloa has been brutally assassinated by a group of LTTE terrorists tonight (Wednesday the 7th of February).

According to the available information the group of terrorists have forcibly dragged Head Priest Chellaiah Kurakkal Parameshvaram out of his residence and killed him by shooting.

Body of Priest Chellaiah has been found by the civilians while lying in a ditch behind the government school at Sandiveli around 8.35p.m.

The civilian sources said that the slain priest was threatened by the LTTE since he had actively cooperated with the Security forces in helping the displaced people from Vakarai.

Priest Chellaiah, was also known to be the priest who had garlanded President Mahinda Rajapaksa during his recent visit to Vakarai.

The LTTE though call themselves the "Sole representative" of the Tamil community, has killed thousands of Tamil intellectuals, politicians, social workers, and community leaders throughout its 25 year bloody campaign. The outfit that operates under fanatic illusion of its psychopathic leader V. Prabhakaran , has developed vicious mechanism to create a bunch of mentally retarded killers who would never hesitate to kill anyone that offend its leadership.