By IRNA
New Delhi : Seven cadres of the Tamil outfit have been killed in Jaffna on Monday as confrontation between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan security forces continue to surge.
The fighting took place in the morning at Muhamalai in south eastern part of Jaffna peninsula, Indian national TV news portal reported here quoting spokesman at the Sri Lankan’s Media Centre for National Security.
Meanwhile Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse’s Senior Advisor on peace process Mr.Jayantha Dhanapala has resigned.
President’s media spokesman Chandrapala Liyanage said that the reason stated for the resignation was ‘personal grounds’.
Resignation of Dhanapala, a senior diplomat and former Secretary General of Government Peace Secretariat comes in the backdrop of the Government’s last week’s decision to pull out from the six year old Cease Fire Agreement with the LTTE.