Colombo: Sri Lankan President Mahinda
Rajapaksa today said slain LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's
mother and mother-in-law were free to go to India to settle,
if they wanted.
"They (Prabhakaran's mother and mother-in-law) can go to
India if India agrees," Rajapaksa told foreign journalists
here in reply to question.
Though Prabhakaran's mother Parvathi Pillai and his
mother-in-law Erambu have not publicly expressed any plans
about their future, MDMK leader Vaiko and the former Tiger
chief's cousin Rajendran have asked the Sri Lankan government
to send the his aged mother Parvathi to Tamil Nadu.
The two women are now left without any menfolk in their
household with the passing away of Prabhakaran's father
Velupillai recently. His elder son Charles Anthony was killed
days before his father in fighting in northern Sri Lanka.
Seven months after Prabhakaran died when the last
remnants of his outfit Tamil Tigers were defeated at
Nanthaikadal lagoon off the northern coast, mystery still
shrouds the whereabouts of his wife and younger son.
Rajapaksa said respect was shown to the mortal remains of
Prabhakaran's father Velupillai and it was well embalmed and a
few vehicles were also allotted for the cremation ceremony.
The President said he was told over 300 people attended
the funeral of the LTTE leader's father. Parvathi and Erambu
were also present during the cremation in Jaffna earlier this
week.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 13:48