Top Tiger is cremated, India seeks certificate

The Sri Lankan military cremated LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and his senior lieutenants on Wednesday at the same place where their bodies were found by the Army — at a lagoon in the battle zone — the previous day.

“We cremated his body yesterday in the same place. All the other LTTE leaders who were killed along with him were also cremated there at the same time,” the military spokesman, Brig.Udaya Nanayakkara, told this newspaper here.

Asked if the Tiger chief’s remains were subjected to a DNA test to establish his identity beyond doubt, he said, “Our doctors may have taken some blood samples, but we feel there is no need for any DNA testing because there is absolutely no doubt it’s him.”

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