“Army medical experts have confirmed that DNA tests on Prabhakaran (54) and his son Charles Anthony (24) have matched,” military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara said.
His remarks came a day after the Bottomline newspaper reported that Prabhakaran’s body was identified by his two former aides with the help of certain scars and birth marks.
Federal Minister Vinayagamoorthi Muralidaran, alias Karuna Amman, one-time close confidante of Prabhakaran, and Daya Master, the former LTTE media spokesman who surrendered recently, identified the Tiger supremo’s body. “They confirmed that the body was that of Prabhakaran. Certain scars and birth marks had helped them. Thus, the army was able to squash all rumours regarding Prabhakaran being alive,” the newspaper said.