RATHA REGIMENT WAS THWARTED FROM SLA 59 DIV

More than 30 Ratha Regiment elite Tigers were killed and many others were injured when they clashed with a Brigade from the 59 Division near the town of Oddusudan yesterday. 15 bodies of the elite cadres were recovered in the search operations afterwards.
This Brigade from the 59 has bypassed Oddusudan and is heading towards two LTTE airstrips situated to the South East and North West of Puthukudiirippu when they clashed with a tiger group who tried to break in to the defense line manned by the security forces. Heavy clashes were erupted and both sides were damaged, however finally the Ratha regiment carders were forced to retreat with heavy casualties.

Ratha regiment is a Special Forces group of LTTE tigers who are well trained for deep penetration (LRRP) missions like the SF (Special Forces) for SLA. This group is believed to be directly under he guidance of “ Rathnam Master “ who is the new military intelligence leader for LTTE.A group of this same regiment was surrounded and killed in konwewa(Padaviya)when they tried to penetrate in to the eastern province. Ratha regiment leader and his second in command were also killed several months back by the SLA LRRP 8 man teams from the 3 rd SF regiment.