The LTTE Eastern province leader Ram, who had escaped from Army, was arrested yesterday. The Army nabbed him following a massive search operation conducted in the Minneriya jungles.

Ram had been under interrogation in an army camp in the Giritale Area in Polonnaruwa, when he fled last Saturday (7).

With the escape of the LTTE Eastern Province leader, the Army commenced a search operation with over 3,000 soldiers deployed to trace him down.

Ram was captured while he was hiding in the jungle near the Minneriya tank.

Ram had been appointed to the leadership of the LTTE’s Eastern Province following the defection of Karuna Amman. He had a through knowledge of the terrain in the East and led a number of attacks against the security forces.