Chetti Thanabalasingam
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Chetti Thanabalasingam was a Sri Lankan criminal, most importantly known for his association with the leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE), Velupillai Prabhakaran
, in the early days of insurgency. Thanabalasingam was the leader of Tamil New Tigers
(TNT), the forerunner to the LTTE, which he and Prabhakaran formed in 1972. Prabhakaran served as its deputy. Thanabalasingam was a most wanted criminal by the Sri Lanka Police in connection with several crimes. Prabhakaran was a student of Thanabalasingam, and he had initially learnt the art of fighting and shooting from him. Chetti Thanabalasingam had served a prison term in Anuradhapura prison with S. Sabalingam, Kannady Pathan and Rathnakumar. They made their escape in a jail break. Later, Prabhakaran accused him that he cheated robbed money of Prabhakaran. After Thanabalasingam's death, Prabhakaran took over the TNT.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a separatist militant organization formerly based in northern Sri Lanka. Founded in May 1976 by Vellupillai Prabhakaran, it waged a violent secessionist and nationalist campaign to create an independent state in the north and east of Sri Lanka for Tamil...
(LTTE), Velupillai Prabhakaran
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka...
, in the early days of insurgency. Thanabalasingam was the leader of Tamil New Tigers
Tamil New Tigers
The Tamil New Tigers was a militant Tamil organization founded by Velupillai Prabhakaran on May 22, 1972. The group was composed of a few close associates of Prabhakaran, who was 17 years old when he founded the group...
(TNT), the forerunner to the LTTE, which he and Prabhakaran formed in 1972. Prabhakaran served as its deputy. Thanabalasingam was a most wanted criminal by the Sri Lanka Police in connection with several crimes. Prabhakaran was a student of Thanabalasingam, and he had initially learnt the art of fighting and shooting from him. Chetti Thanabalasingam had served a prison term in Anuradhapura prison with S. Sabalingam, Kannady Pathan and Rathnakumar. They made their escape in a jail break. Later, Prabhakaran accused him that he cheated robbed money of Prabhakaran. After Thanabalasingam's death, Prabhakaran took over the TNT.