Maha Tamil Prabhakaran, a journalist, who was deported from Sri Lanka to
India, after he was detained on charges of videographing the vital Army
and Naval installations in the island nation, on Tuesday, denied that
he had flouted the visa norms.
Speaking to media persons, Prabhakaran said he was moving around in the
island like any other tourist from other countries would do and was
taking pictures only on the spots where photography was allowed.
He maintained that he chose to travel by tourist visa since he did not want to stay under the radar of the intelligence wing.
Prabhakaran charged that he was illegally detained in the custody of the
Defence forces , the local police and Terrorists Investigation
Department(TID) for three days without being produced in any court.
Responding to a query on the agenda of his visit, Prabhakaran maintained
that he wanted to prove that the claims of Lankan president Mahinda
Rajapakse that development works in the former LTTE province were
progressing rapidly after the post- Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting (CHOGM).
“I wanted to gather supporting footages which will be exposed before the
international community and in United Nations”, he rued. He added that
he would release the footages and other documentary evidences at the
right time.
