Paramilitary leader Karuna claimed that Indian troops were present and assisting government forces in Sri Lanka during the final stages of the armed conflict, which saw tens of thousands of Tamil civilians killed.
In an interview with Tamil Nadu based Puthiya Thalaimurai last week, Vinayagamoorthy Muralidharan alias Karuna, leader of the TMVP, said:
“When the war was taking place Indian forces were present here. They were in Vavuniya. They were functioning with the satellite and artillery units from there.”
He went on to state Indian forces were "aiding and abetting Sri Lanka" during the armed conflict.
The leader of the government-affiliated paramilitary group was Vice President of the SLFP during Mahinda Rajapaksa’s tenure as Sri Lankan president and stands accused of assisting in the government war effort.
His organisation stands accused of abducting aid workers, hundreds of Tamil youth and of committing a range of human rights abuses.
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