The
Channel 4 documentary that apparently contained 12 visuals of slain
LTTE chief Prabhakaran's son has reportedly been triggering a wide range
discussions among political circles. Even as Sri Lankan army coming
forth before the media and stating that they were lies and numerous forms of speculations, emotions are reportedly running high in many parts of Tamil
Nadu. In fact, chief minister Jayalalitha herself said in a statement
that the assassination of 12-year-old Balachandran Prabhakaran as
against the ethics of war. She even urged India to make a resolution against Sri Lanka over the same.
The
documentary that was shot by Channel 4 was supposed to be aired at UN
Human Rights Council. Some of the visuals of this documentary allegedly
shows Balachandran as sitting in a bunker and eating snacks while
another picture (shot a few hours later) shows Balachandran lying dead
on the floor with bullet piercings in his chest.
Nonetheless,
Sri Lankan army has reiterated that the visuals of this boy were
morphed and thus denied the allegations. Anyway, it looks like the
documentary is apparently going to make Jayalalitha government exert pressure over resolution.
Prabhakaran's son executed, new evidence
War
is a particularly disturbing period of time for both sides of the
gruesome killings and some pictures remain truly horrific reminders of
the incidents in the war and these photo evidences unearthed are no
different. Latest evidence in photographs suggest that the slain LTTE
leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's son Balachandran Prabhakaran, could have
been held captive in the sand bunkers of Sri Lankan Army before he was
executed by shooting him from point-blank range.
These
pictures show the lad eating a snack in a sand bunker belonging to the
Sri Lankan army. This indicated that he was in their custody.
The photos belong to the last few days of the Sri Lankan Civil War in May 2009 and only moments before his execution.
He was
shot five times in the chest and the damage of the bullet on the skin
suggests that he was shot from a very close range, 2-3 feet. After the
first bullet, the boy could have fallen down and the army shot him four
more times in the chest.
The
pictues also show the impunity of the Sri Lankan army as they were
involved in the deliberate killing of a 12 year old boy, like animals.
These pictures released yesterday would be the follow up to the feature
documentary “No War Zone: The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka,” which will
be shown in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council Meeting.
With the
latest evidence, the government of Sri Lanka will have to face tougher
questions and probably action too. India will have more pressure to
support a resolution against Sri lanka and make sure that it would press
for international action demanding that Sri Lanka should be held
accountable.
(AW- Anil)
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