Auxilliary force training camp opening ceremony held in Thalaiyadi

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 12:52 GMT]
Opening event of training camp for Sea Tigers' auxilliary force at the Lt.Col.Maravan camp in Thalaiyady, Vadamaradchy east was held at 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, sources from Vadamaradchy said. More than one hundred auxilliary forces cadres from Thalaiyadi area are enrolled in this phase of training, according to officials of the Sea Tigers.

Vadamaradchy Head of LTTE Political Section, Anpalagan hoisted the Tamileelam national flag. Training instructor, Uruthiran, lit the flame of sacrifice. V Thamilarasan, Director of Maravan Training Camp, garlanded the photo for Lt.Col.Maravan's photo graph before the start of the opening ceremony, sources said.

The Vadamaradchy East training camp was named after Lt.Colonel Maravan (S.Stanislaus), a veteran cadre of the Sea Tigers division of the Liberation Tigers, who passed away at the age of 68 at his residence in Mullaithivu on 12 December 2004.