KP still on the Interpol red list

 Saturday, 19 April 2014 

Former LTTE arms procurer and head of the Tiger international wing Kumaran Padmanathan alias KP is still on the Interpol red list, the media has reported.

It was earlier reported in the media that KP's name was taken off the list, but the Interpol website continues to carry his name in the list.

KP is wanted by India over the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

KP was one of the top LTTE officials and ran a global network of LTTE offices which were engaged in its weapons procurement, logistics and money laundering operations.

Initially based in Malaysia, where he set up a shipping company in 1987, he was forced to move out after the Malaysian Special Branch cracked down on LTTE activities in the country in 1990, culminating in the seizure of an LTTE ship the same year. He then moved to Thailand, which became a safe haven for the LTTE. There he established himself as the head of banking, procurement and shipping for the LTTE. He is believed to have obtained citizenship of Thailand.

KP was subsequently arrested and brought to Sri Lanka and is currently working with the government and involved in humanitarian work in the north.