LTTE suspect commits suicide

Rafik Jalaldeen

An LTTE suspect arrested along with a suicide jacket committed suicide in Wellawatte on Sunday, police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera said.

The Terrorist Investigation Division arrested the LTTE suspect on Friday in Wellawatte. The suspect was identified as S.Sambanthan, a resident of Trincomalee. Following interrogation, Sambanthan disclosed to the TID about another LTTE suspect M.Jeyaraj Thaninayagam, a resident of Muttur who was temporarily living in Weligampitiya, Ja-Ela. The latter revealed that he was an LTTE cadre hiding a suicide jacket in Wellawatte.

“The TID accompanied LTTE suspect Thaninayagam to his hideout at around 2.30 am on Sunday and unearthed the suicide jacket at a house in Wellawatte. When the team was returning the suspect swallowed cyanide”, SSP Gunasekera told the Daily News.

Thaninayagam died on admission to the Colombo National Hospital.