Never seen so much horror as in last few days under LTTE

“Since we were ordered by the LTTE to shift out of Kilinochchi in November deeper into the Tiger-held territory in Vanni, I have lost count of the number of times I was displaced. I have never seen so much devastation, pain and suffering even in a horror film, compared to what I witnessed in the last few weeks before I decided to move into the government-controlled territory on May 13,” says a clearly identified Tamil public servant describing his ordeal of being forcibly moved from place to place by the LTTE from August 2006.
Speaking to the Hindu correspondent in Colombo who spoke to him at the Menik Farm Complex, IPD centre, 50 km from, Vavuniya, Thuraiyappah Gathayaselan (59) an Assistant Director in the Ministry of Education posted at Vadamarachi, Jaffna, describes his ordeal under LTTE captivity, and his harrowing efforts to establish links with his family with whom he was separated in August 2006.
Adding a possible silver lining to his tragic story, the Hindu correspondent in Colombo says he was able to establish contact with Mr. Gathyaselan’s daughter from Colombo at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday (26). He had got through to the number in one try. His daughter who picked up the phone could barely converse in English and was yet anxious for details of her father.
Here is the text of the story from the Hindu (28) titled “Senior Tamil officer in search of his family” written by B. Muralidhar Reddy
“I have never seen so much devastation, pain and suffering even in a horror film”
The Hindu correspondent establishes telephonic contact with refugee’s daughter in Colombo
Thousands among the 2.7 lakh refugees who escaped took with them their savings of years

MANIK FARM COMPLEX (VAVUNIYA): Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. The case of Thuraiyappah Gathayaselan (who would turn 60 on October 31), an Assistant Director in the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education posted at Vadamarachi in the Jaffna peninsula, is perhaps a telling example.
A twist in his life on August 11, 2006 displaced him from his four-member family at Vadamarachi, left him with no choice but to be a captive of the LTTE at Kilinochchi till November and end up among the last batch of civilians to run away from the Tigers into the government-controlled territory.
Currently lodged in one of the 25 government camps for the war-displaced civilians in the Menik Farm Complex, 50 km. from Vavuniya town, Mr. Gathayaselan is desperate to contact his wife and three daughters at Vadamarachi. Thankfully, he has preserved the government identity card through the multiple displacements that began some time in November and the unprecedented devastation three weeks preceding the end of Eelam War IV on May 19. Read More......