Surrender, Daya Master tells LTTE cadres

Two former LTTE leaders who surrendered to the military last week, made an open appeal to the remaining LTTE cadres to lay down their arms and surrender, calling the armed struggle as a meaningless effort.

Former LTTE Spokesman Velayudam Dayanidi alias Daya Master and V.K. Pencharatnam, known as George, a former aide to the late political chief Thamil Selvan in an interview with the ITN yesterday urged the remaining Tigers to heed the call of the President and surrender. They also accused the Tigers of keeping civilians as a 'human shield' and shooting scores of people who tried to escape the 'safe zone'.

They also accused the LTTE of forcibly recruiting children as young as 13.

They also blamed the Tigers for the plight of civilians in the North and accused them of plundering food and medicines sent by the Government. They both said that they were treated very well by both military and the authorities.