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Case registered against LTTE chief

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Attorney General has filed a case against LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran, LTTE Intelligence Wing leader Pottu Amman and another three former LTTE leaders before the Colombo High Court in connection with the assassination of the former Foreign Minister, Laxman Kadirgamar.

Kadirgamar was killed at his residence in Colombo on August 12, 2005.

The state-run Daily News reported that the case was filed against Mr. Prabakaran, Pottu Amman, Charles alias Charlis Master, Komadee Manimekala alias Madee, Muttaiyah Sahadevan and Isithor Arokyanathan alias Babu for conspiring with another LTTE member Vinothan to assassinate Kadirgamar and committing the murder as a result of the conspiracy.

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