Photo: Nitya Pibulsonggram, Thailand Foreign Affairs MinisterThai authorities Friday assured visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee that LTTE financier Kumaran Padmanathan was not in their custody, as some media reported earlier.
'We are informed that the person concerned is not in the possession of Thai authorities,' Mukherjee told a press conference after meeting his Thai counterpart Nitya Pibulsonggram. According to unconfirmed news reports, Interpol had arrested Kumaran, a key arms supplier for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), here Sep 10.
Kumaran, 52, who also allegedly financed the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, is a wanted man in both Sri Lanka and India. Kumaran is widely known as KP.
The 'KP Department' is responsible for keeping the LTTE supplied with sophisticated arms and ammunition to fight its war for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka.
Thailand flatly denied reports of his so-called arrest and reiterated its denial to Mukherjee during his two-day visit.
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