Body of Prabhakaran remains unclaimed after inquest

By Asian Tribune Team

Colombo, 22 May (asiantribune.com): If in flesh and blood he Doctored picture showing Prabhakaran alive (Look for the date of the picture)remained aloof, in death he remains lonely. That is Velupillai Prabhakaran for you. The body of the psychopath is lying in morgue, unclaimed, unmoored.

After the body was identified, a judicial inquest was conducted as demanded by the law of the land. To ascertain the cause of the death. For the record, though how and when he was killed is no longer a matter of any conjecture.

"Inquest, DNA testing and profiling of Prabhakaran and his family members is over. We have turned over the bodies to the Army", Suhada K.Gamlath, Secretary the Ministry of Justice, said.

Asian Tribune understands that the Army is waiting for someone to claim the bodies. “In case no one comes forward, Army may have to include him in the mass burial …..”, top Army sources said.

Time and date of the mass cremation are not yet finalized. That will depend on host of factors, logistics particularly.

But mass burial for a man who had led a bloody war on the State?

‘Yes, what is wrong? He (Prabhakaran) himself had conducted a mass funeral in 1996’.Properties of the doctored picture

The reference was to the mass cremation of army men the LTTE had killed while seizing Mullaitivu army camp.

Neither Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan alias Karuna Anmman nor Daya Master has claimed the body. The two have been flown into the front-line to identify the body. Once the job was over they returned.

One can understand why Karuna has not claimed the body of his former chief. For that matter even Daya Master.

Both are haunted by bitter memories. And would like to see the ‘chief’, recognize him and bid adieu. Nothing more, nothing less.

No quarrel.

But what about all those tall leaders who are mourning the demise of their dear peer, who, they knew in the changed world order, was selling them a dream.

Also all those worthies, who have been holding forth on websites from the cozy comfort of civilian hideouts?Invoking the images of Subhash Chandra Bose. Perpetuating a myth. Milching the diaspora for one more time.

THis was the original picture

Intriguing, indeed, is their attitude.

It only goes to prove tinsel dictators whether in grand avenues or jungle camps have a limited shelf live. Their death just remains a dot. Not a foot note to history.

Do we hear wags say it is a fitting end to a life that had brought ruin to millions, brought misery to thousands, soaked hundreds and hundreds in blood of their near and dear and made life a nightmare, a hostage to a blast from an unsuspecting stick, bag, or a parcel sprouting from a corner of a crowded street, bus stand, hotel lobby or an airport.

Heart goes, however, in despair to Mathivathani, Duwaraka, Charles Anthony, and Balachandran who are paying for the sins of the one and only Prabhakaran.

Yes. For the sins of Prabhakaran, which alone have made their bodies too lay unclaimed by the side of the man with faded unrecognizable stripes, which they loved dearly and followed blindly.

Like in the case of VP, in the case of his wife, daughter and two sons too there is no one who is willing and ready to claim the bodies and conduct the final rites according to the religion they professed.

Death is said to be an equalizer where man goes into dust to be one with the elements with no yesterdays and tomorrows.

Velupillai Prabhakaran and his family of four have forfeited this privilege. Apparently.

-Asian Tribune-