Tiger terrorists gunned down Mailvahanam Kohulam, a former LTTE cadre near the Vipulananda School, Batticaloa after he revealed the brutality of their hierarchy.

Mailvahanam escaped from the Vakarai tiger base due to frustration, unable to bear the inhumanity meted out towards him by the tiger hierarchy. He had revealed how LTTE leaders forced them to fight against the security forces in the front line while they remained far behind the battle zones in comfort and luxury. Mailvahanam had revealed how young child soldiers both male and female were forced to go to the front by their leadership.

He had further exposed how their leaders abandoned the wounded cadres in the battlefield. According to his revelation they never evacuate the wounded to safety and treat them. Instead they force them to fight.

Mailvahanam was hunted down by the tigers following his revelation about the nature of their brutal control. The frustration Mailvahanam felt is common among all other surrendees. Many such frustrated cadres surrendered to the Security Forces following their many defeats against the security forces.

On 14th and 16th August a number of LTTE cadres surrendered to the Kallar and
T - junction Army camps in Trincomalee and Batticaloa. Again on the 19th another group of tiger cadres surrendered to the Valachchanai Army camp in Batticaloa. More recently, on August 31st and September 15th another batch surrendered to the Mankerni camp in Batticaloa.

The murder of Mailvahanam shows that tigers are brazen enough to hunt down their previous cadres. In this back drop it is questionable as to how rehabilitated child soldiers could be returned to their own families in the North and East.
Will the Tigers hunt them down too ?

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