Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala has revealed further details about a man who recently claimed at a media briefing that he had discovered an LTTE training camp in Pallai, Kilinochchi.
Government rejects LTTE training camp claim in Kilinochchi
Making a special statement in Parliament, Wijepala identified the individual as Sangeeth Jayasekara, a resident of Boralesgamuwa. The minister said Jayasekara had been arrested and remanded for 14 days.
According to Wijepala, investigations found that Jayasekara possessed two fake identity cards, had used seven different addresses and had been named as a suspect in three separate criminal cases, including alleged fraud. He was also accused of falsely posing as a doctor.
Authorities investigated the location following Jayasekara’s claims but found no evidence that it had been used as an LTTE training camp. Instead, investigators determined that the site was being used for cultivation.
The minister accused Jayasekara of deliberately misleading the public in an attempt to create divisions between communities. He stressed that authorities had received no reports of terrorist activity connected to the site and said there would be no room for terrorism or attempts to exploit the issue to incite racial or communal tensions.
Meanwhile, according to Jayatissa, the dispute concerns alleged illegal cultivation and construction on state land and has been the subject of several court proceedings. He said reports of forest clearing and unauthorized construction at the location had been made to forest authorities since 2025.
Seven cases had reportedly been filed against an individual identified as Thyagarasa Kuladeepan over activities at the site. Jayatissa said about 10 acres were initially cleared before the area was expanded to around 20 acres for aloe vera and vegetable cultivation. A three-storey building, reportedly housing an apparel manufacturing operation, had also been constructed there.
The Kilinochchi Magistrate’s Court ordered the individual to vacate the land in February, but the order was allegedly not complied with. Jayatissa further said activities including sand mining using heavy machinery had continued.
The government maintains that the matter involves alleged illegal occupation of state land, unauthorized construction, cultivation and sand mining—not the operation of an LTTE training camp.
