Family members (siblings) of Colonel Shankar (Mugilan)
Family members (siblings) of Colonel Shankar (Mugilan)
Family members (siblings) of Colonel Shankar (Mugilan), a senior commander and special commander of the LTTE Air Team:
Among Colonel Shankar’s siblings…
– Mr. Jeevanantham (Colonel Shankar’s elder brother):
He was an outstanding student at Hartley College. He was selected for university studies in medicine and obtained his MBBS degree. We learned in 2003 that, after marriage, he had traveled to London for higher studies and was working there as a medical consultant. (Current information is unavailable.)
– Colonel Shankar (Mugilan): Affectionately known as ‘Shankar Appa’ (Father Shankar) by the fighters. In 2001, while traveling from Kathsilaimadu to Puthukkudiyiruppu to mark the Memorial Day of the martyr Lieutenant Colonel Thileepan, he attained martyrdom in a Claymore mine attack carried out by a Sri Lankan Army deep-penetration unit in the Ottusuddan area.
– Captain Karan (Colonel Shankar’s second younger brother):
He was the commander of the ‘Kadal Pura’ (Sea Dove) unit. He attained martyrdom on October 5, 1987, by consuming cyanide to thwart a plot by Sri Lankan and Indian forces to transport fighters – who had been captured in Tamileelam waters on October 3, 1987, and detained at the Palaly military base in the Yarlpanam district to Colombo. These fighters included the ‘Thiriconamalai District Commander’ Lt. Col. Pulenthiran and the ‘Yarlpanam District Commander’ Lt. – Captain Karan was one of the 12 LTTE fighters, including Colonel Kumarappa.
(Shankar Appa raised Karan Anna’s two children as his own until the very end. The children now reside abroad.)
– Lieutenant Sithartan (Shankar Appa’s third younger brother):
He was one of the 10 Maaveerar who attained martyrdom on February 14, 1987, during an unexpected explosion in the Kaythadi area of the Yarlpanam district. This group included Lt. Colonel Ponnamman – a senior commander and Central Committee member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) – and Major Cadils, the commander in charge of Thenmaradchi.
– Mr. Sritharan (Shankar Appa’s first younger brother):
He had an intellectual disability from birth. He was enrolled in and cared for at the Kaythadi school for the intellectually disabled.
During the ‘Oyaatha Alaikal III’ operation, certain parts of the Yarlpanam district were recaptured by the fighters. The Kaythadi area was also liberated. During this time, Sri Lankan forces launched artillery attacks on the Kaythadi home for the elderly and the school for the intellectually disabled, causing the bodies of those present to be mangled and shattered. Sritharan was among those who lost their lives in the attack. As his body could not be retrieved, he was buried at the site.
(At that time, Shankar Appa was engaged in duties on a different front of the ‘Oyaatha Alaikal III’ operation.)
– Mr. Uthayakumar (Shankar Appa’s fourth younger brother):
Uthayakumar joined the LTTE organization and served as a fighter under the nom de guerre ‘Suthan’. After some time, due to health issues, he left the organization with due permission and traveled to Colombo for medical treatment. There, he was identified by anti-national elements as the brother of ‘Shankar Appa’ and was assassinated.
– During the final war, Shankar Appa’s wife, Guha Auntie.
(Translation by Tamilpriya)
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