23rd
November 2012 09:10 PM
Prabhakaran and his associate Sivakumar allegedly
fired at their rivals Uma Maheswaran and Jotheeswaran of People's Liberation
Organisation of Tamil Eelam in Pondy Bazaar on May 19, 1982. (PTI photo/File)
A local court today closed a criminal charge filed
against slain LTTE chief Prabhakaran, pending before it for many years.
The VII Additional Sessions Judge (In charge)
Kaliamoorthy declared the charge as "abated," following the Crime
Branch-CID request to close it on the ground that Prabhakaran's body was
recovered from the Nandikadal area of Sri Lanka in 2009.
According to police, Prabhakaran and his associate
Sivakumar allegedly fired at their rivals Uma Maheswaran and Jotheeswaran of
People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) in Pondy Bazaar on May
19, 1982.
After registering a case of attempt to murder, under
IPC section 307 and provisions of the Arms Act, police had arrested Prabhakaran
and Sivakumar who were later given conditional bail.
CB-CID had relied on Interpol and Sri Lankan police
reports to state that the LTTE chief's body was recovered after an armed
conflict in the Nandikadal area.
CB-CID also stated that Sivakumar was not in India for
over 15 years and his whereabouts were still not known, while Jotheeswaran
repatriated to Hong Kong and Uma Maheswaran was shot dead by the Sri Lankan
Army.
