Elusive LTTE supremo V Prabhakaran’s wife Madhivadhani made a rare public appearance when she attended the funeral of a senior Tiger woman fighter near the rebel stronghold of Killinochchi in the restive Northern Sri Lanka recently.
Madhivadhani led the list of those who gathered at the funeral of Lt Col Selvi, an army training instructor who had spearheaded many attacks for the LTTE, media reports said.
Selvi commanded the deadly “Shothiya Brigade” as its deputy commander and was instrumental in many operations. Prabhakharan’s wife simply watched the funeral late last week as some spoke on the occasion.
Selvi joined the LTTE in 1995 and masterminded strategies for the Tigers, the reports said, adding this included a successful armed operation after 34 days of intense battle.
Speaking on the occasion, Sanjana, a senior teacher at the Ladies war training institute of the LTTE said Selvi was a “versatile” personality and had penned poems and songs in honour of the “LTTE war heroes”. Selvi had also presented them personally for the people to listen and watch through the tiger radio and television network, Sanjana said.
Impressed with Selvi’s valour following LTTE’s “victory” after the 34 day campaign, the LTTE high command appointed her to a senior administrative post in the Women war training institute, Sanjana said during the funeral.
The LTTE neither mentioned the reasons for Selvi’s death nor her age, the reports said.
