{"id":37090,"date":"2015-01-12T01:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T06:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37090"},"modified":"2015-01-12T01:42:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T06:42:50","slug":"selvarasah-pathmanathan-aliaskp-has-not-left-the-country-but-is-in-kilinochchi-under-protective-custody-administering-three-orphanages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=37090","title":{"rendered":"Selvarasah Pathmanathan alias “KP” has not left the Country but is in Kilinochchi Under Protective Custody Administering Three Orphanages"},"content":{"rendered":"

By<\/p>\n

D.B.S. Jeyaraj
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\nContrary to a news report in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d where former Fisheries minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne is quoted as saying that ex-LTTE leader \u201cKP\u201dhas left Sri Lanka, the former tiger stalwart is still living in Northern Sri Lanka.
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\n \u201cThe Hindu\u201dreport filed by Meera Srinivasan from Colombo states that \u201cKumaran Pathmanathan or ‘KP’, who was wanted in Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, is missing from Sri Lanka\u201d.<\/p>\n

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It goes on to quote Dr. Rajitha Senaratne as saying “We heard he escaped through the airport’s VIP lounge. We are investigating,” . The former minister is described as a \u201csenior politician and spokesman of President Maithripala Sirisena\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

Upon reading the news report I telephoned \u201cKP\u201d whose real name is Selvarasah Pathmanathan and not Kumaran Pathmanathan as reported by the Indian media. He was at his usual residence in Thiruvaiyaaru,Kilinocchi.<\/strong><\/em>
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\nWhen I asked him about the news report , he replied that he was aware of it but was helpless . He said that there had been several news reports about him in the past which were factually incorrect.KP said he hoped the authorities concerned would set the record straight in due course that he had not left the country and that he was in Kilinochchi.<\/p>\n

He also said that he had not participated in any election related activity and stayed aloof from \u201cpolitics\u201d concentrating only on looking after the children in the orphanages under his care.<\/p>\n

After speaking to KP I also contacted knowledgeable sources in Kilinochchi who also confirmed that KP was living in Kilinochchi under protective custody.<\/p>\n

Selvarasah Pathmanathan alias KP who was arrested in Malaysia in 2009 and brought to Sri Lanka has been living in Kilinochchi for the past few years under protective custody.<\/p>\n

KP who formed a Non Governmental Organization known as the North \u2013 Eastern Rehabilitation and Development Organization(NERDO) administers three registered orphanages through that.<\/p>\n

The three orphanages are \u201cAnbu Illam\u201d the home for boys is in Muthaiyankaddu, \u201cBharathi Illam\u201dthe home for girls in Mulliyawalai and another girls orphanage \u201cSencholai\u201din Kilinochchi situated in close proximity to the Army headquarters in Iranaimadhu.<\/p>\n

A fourth home for boys in Kilinochchi has also been set up but is yet to function fully<\/p>\n

The three orphanages housing over 300 children are financed by donations from well-wishers of all communities in Sri Lanka and abroad.
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\nOn a personal note I have been in touch with KP over the past few years and kept abreast of the work undertaken in running the three orphanages. I have also been involved in helping these children in my personal capacity and have kept myself informed of the work in progress. I also visited the \u201cSencholai\u201dorphanage in 2013 when I was in Sri Lanka and spent half a day with the children.It was a heartwarming experience<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Selvarasah<\/a>

Selvarasah Pathmanathan alias KP<\/p><\/div>\n

The news report in \u201cThe Hindu\u201dstated as follows \u2013<\/em>
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\nKumaran Pathmanathan missing; He was wanted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.<\/strong>
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\nMeera Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Kumaran Pathmanathan or ‘KP’, who was wanted in Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, is missing from Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n

“We heard he escaped through the airport’s VIP lounge. We are investigating,” said Rajitha Senaratne, senior politician and spokesman of President Maithripala Sirisena. KP headed the arms procurement wing and \u2018international secretariat\u2019 of the LTTE before the military arrested him. Over the last few years he managed a children’s home in Kilinochchi while reportedly continuing to remain in custody”. <\/p>\n

DBS Jeyaraj can be reached at ~ dbsjeyaraj@yahoo.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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By D.B.S. Jeyaraj Contrary to a news report in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d where former Fisheries minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne is quoted as saying that ex-LTTE leader \u201cKP\u201dhas left Sri Lanka, the former tiger stalwart is still living in Northern Sri Lanka. \u201cThe Hindu\u201dreport filed by Meera Srinivasan from Colombo states that \u201cKumaran Pathmanathan or ‘KP’, who was …<\/p>\n

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