The statement from the island nation came after Pazha Nedumaran, a noted nationalist leader in Tamil Nadu, claimed that the top leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) "is doing well".
Prabakaran, LTTE leader, was declared killed by the Sri Lankan government troops on May 18, 2009 in Mullaivaikkal in the northern Mullaithivu district.
The searches were conducted in Salem and Sivagangai districts on Saturday and led to the recovery of incriminating materials including digital devices like compact discs related to LTTE.
The Vaiko-led MDMK, which is part of the DMK-led front in Tamil Nadu, has promised to lift the ban on the LTTE and promised support for the trial in the International Court of Justice of those responsible for killing Tamils in Sri Lanka.
The anti-Muslim violence that followed three weeks after the Easter Sunday blasts was a dangerous reminder of the 1983 riots against the Tamil community, where mobs made up of members of the majority ethnic group Sinhalese burned Tamil homes and businesses to the ground.
The ban has been extended under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
"The LTTE was ten times stronger than you (militants operating in J&K). They were supported by 12 countries. They got nothing, and you will also get nothing by violence," Malik said.
At least 14 of the skeletal remains found in the northeastern district of Mannar were of children.
Sirisena was the acting defence minister during the last two weeks of the civil war with the LTTE in May, 2009 when the rebels were eventually defeated.
There were 594 child soldiers among those rehabilitated during the period from 2008 to 2018, the RTI reply said.
Gandhi, who is on a 5day trip to SEA countries, said: "We knew that my father was going to die. We knew that my grandmother was going to die. In politics, when you mess with the wrong forces, and if you stand for something, you will die."
Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide attack by a LTTE activist during an election rally in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991.
MDMK leader V Gopalaswamy , also known as Vaiko, was today sent to jail for making a fiery speech in support of LTTE way back in 2009.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Gopalaswamy Mahendrarajah alias Mahattaya, who was once a deputy to the outfit’s supreme leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, was a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent, a new book has claimed.
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