The site of the former LTTE cemetery in Varani, Kodikaamam, has been acquired by the Sri Lankan army citing the Land Acquisition Act, reports Uthayan.
The seven acre plot was owned by two unnamed persons.
According to the Sri Lankan Army the land was required for military purposes and given to the Army with the owners' consent, who had said that Tamils would not buy and develop over the site, mindful that it contained the desecrated remains of LTTE cadre.
The cemetery and tombstones of LTTE cadre were flattened with tractors by the Sri Lankan Army in 1996.
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