The local agent of the LTTE’s notorious international arms dealer Kumaran Pathmanadan, aka KP, was arrested by Army intelligence yesterday at a welfare camp in Vavuniya. Army sources said that the man Identified as Urumaran, was well educated and KP’s direct contact in the supply of weapons to the LTTE.Initial investigations had revealed that he was fluent in English and some other European languages. He had travelled abroad on nineteen occasions.He had joined the civilians and reached a welfare camp in Vavuniya but someone who knew about him had tipped off Army intelligence yesterday morning. On being questioned Urumaran had admitted that he was the local handler of arms and ammunition that came to the LTTE from abroad mainly on sea going vessels.

Dengue defies Health
Ministry
Discussions held on the current dengue virus situation at
the Health Ministry revealed that a natural transformation had occurred
causing it to withstand all efforts to rid the country of the dengue
menace.





Sri Lanka’s
Abraham Lincoln
On Thursday last week, a TNA delegation
comprising of R.Sambandan, Suresh...