sri lanka karuna’s allegations about ipkf’s human rights violations

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Sri Lanka: Karuna’s Allegations AboutIPKF’s Human Rights Violations

| by Col R Hariharan

! "o#ember $%& '%$(& Chennai& Sri Lanka )uar*ian+ Sri Lanka ,e-uty .inister

Vinayagamurthi .uralitharan& kno/n as Karuna Amman in his earlier in0arnation as

L112 0omman*er o3 4atti0aloa& a00use* the In*ian Pea0e Kee-ing For0e !IPKF+ o3

ra-e an* killings *uring its /ar against the L112 in Sri Lanka bet/een $567 an* 5%

S-eaking in Parliament on "o#ember (& he sai* the IPKF ha* ra-e* se#eral 1amil

/omen an* also kille* 1amils an* 8there is e#i*en0e 3or that9

3 0ourse& as a -arliament member Karuna has e#ery right to *ra/ attention to human

rights #iolations& though it /as ma*e '; years too late In a *emo0ra0y& human rights

#iolations 0ommitte* by any -erson in0lu*ing the army& -oli0e or anyone in0lu*ing

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-oliti0al -arties is totally una00e-table an* 0annot be 0on*one* 1hey ha#e to be

in<uire* into Human rights /at0h*ogs ha#e been 0reate* 3or this -ur-ose

4ut I ha#e a -roblem /hen Karuna talks about human rights #iolations an* killings

=hen he took o#er as S-e0ial Comman*er o3 4atti0aloa in $55%& L112 0a*res un*er

his 0omman* -er-etrate* some o3 the heinous killing o3 inno0ent 0i#ilians in0lu*ing /omen an* 0hil*ren 1hese in0lu*e* the massa0re o3 $7> .uslims -raying in

Kattanku*y mos<ue an* many other .uslims !some estimates say u- to ?%%+

in0lu*ing /omen an* 0hil*ren in Kattanku*y an* 2ra#ur

Human Rights =at0h !HR=+ re-ort o3 .ar0h '6& '%$? lists his other 8a0hie#ements9

in this -erio* as L112 lea*er: 8In @une $55%& (%% to ;%% -oli0e o33i0ers /ho ha*

surren*ere* to L112 3or0es& many o3 /hom may ha#e been un*er Karuna’s 0ontrol&

/ere boun*& gagge*& an* beaten 1he L112 then ee0ute* the Sinhalese an* .uslim

-oli0e o33i0ers among them Karuna has a*mitte* that the L112 0ommitte* these

killings in an inter#ie/ /ith the 44C& but 0laims he /as not at the s0ene Bn*er the

legal -rin0i-le o3 0omman* res-onsibility& though& Karuna 0oul* still be 0riminally

liable 3or the massa0re e#en i3 he /as not -hysi0ally -resent

“In another 0ase& in @uly $55%& Karuna’s 3or0es sto--e* a 0on#oy o3 .uslims tra#eling

in eastern 4atti0aloa *istri0t an* ee0ute* about 7> -eo-le& in0lu*ing /omen an*

0hil*ren In August $55% Karuna’s 3or0es kille* more than '%% 0i#ilians in t/o

in0i*ents in 4atti0aloa *istri0t&9 it a**s

A3ter Karuna broke o33 /ith the L112 in '%%(& he /orke* in su--ort o3 Sri Lanka

Army ,uring this -erio*& he an* his su--orters ha#e been a00use* o3 in*ulging in3or0e* *isa--earan0es& re0ruitment o3 0hil*ren as 0a*res& intimi*ation& etortion an*

e#en killings

In .ar0h '%$? /hen Karuna aske* 3or /ar 0rimes in#estigations 3or the 1amil

"ational Allian0e !1"A+’s allege* links o3 /ith the L112& 4ra* A*ams& Asia *ire0tor at

Human Rights =at0h sai* 8his Karuna’sD L112 3or0es /ere im-li0ate* in some o3 Sri

Lanka’s most horri3i0 abuses& so the go#ernment’s longEstalle* /ar 0rimes

in#estigations might as /ell begin /ith him9

Presi*ent Raa-aksa ha* 0hosen to ignore Karuna’s 0rimes 3or the su--ort ren*ere* by

him an* his 0a*res in ai* o3 the Sri Lanka 3or0es *uring the 2elam =ar So 3ar Karuna

has not e#en a-ologiGe* 3or his 0on*u0t *uring the L112 *ays an* therea3ter& let alone

sho/ing remorse 3or the 0rimes

1his is not the 3irst time su0h allegations against the IPKF ha#e been aire* L112

talke* about them till its *ying *ays ,uring IPKF *ays e#en the then 1amil "a*u 0hie3

sri lanka karuna’s allegations about ipkf’s human rights violations

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