The Eastern flank continues to remain a hotbed to the Vanni Tigers. Since Colonel Karuna left the outfit, they haven’t managed to find suitable men of the soil to hold the region under their control.
As anti-Jaffna feelings in the East are on the rise, Vanni Tigers find it difficult to find suitable persons to man their command and control structure. They look with suspicion all their cadres from the Eastern province.
LTTE leadership fears that one day or other their present cadres from the Eastern province might betray them and join with Colonel Karuna.After the departure of Colonel Karuna, on 06 March 2004 they were forced to announce the appointment of Colonel Ramesh as their new overall commander of the region, who is from Kiran – the man of the soil and was earlier Colonel Karuna’s deputy.
But Ramesh was unable to contain the gradual growth of Karuna’s group in the East. Vanni Tiger leadership began to view Ramesh with suspicion and removed him and appointed Colonel Bravo Bahnu on 10 October 2005, as special commander for regions under their control in the Batticaloa – Amparai districts,
Colonel Ramesh was brought to Vanni and incarcerated on charges of dereliction of duties and responsibilities. He survived LTTE’s death squad because of a strong interference on his behalf by Colonel Soosai. Ramesh is married to Colonel Soosai’s sister.Ramesh is now posted as Commanding officer of Vaharai division, consisting of the villages of Vaharai, Paalchenai, Verugal and Kathiraveli.
This is said to be a demoted position. However LTTE insiders revealed that this was the first step undertaken to rehabilitate Colonel Ramesh.
Other sources raised doubts that this may be a ploy to dump Ramesh by ordering cadres belonging LTTE intelligence chief Pottu Amman to shoot at an available opportune moment, without creating any fuss and doubts to the outside world, especially to Colonel Soosai.
(http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/1225)
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