July 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka police had arrested a former Tamil Tiger terrorist leader at the airport yesterday upon his return to Sri Lanka.

Police Media spokesman Superintendent of Police Ajith Rohana has said that a former leader of the terrorist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Sinnatambi Pathmanathan has been arrested by the Terrorism Investigation Bureau Tuesday when he returned to Sri Lanka after staying abroad.

Pathmanathan is the LTTE leader for the Batticaloa area in the Eastern province and he has fled the country in 2002, Hiru FM reported.

He had reportedly led several terrorist attacks in the East and is believed to be responsible for the attack on Kalkuda police station during the war time.