Balasingham Nadesan


Balasingham Nadesan was the LTTE Political Chief from late 2007 until his death in 2009. He was formerly Chief of police in the LTTE.

Personal life

Balasingham Nadesan married a Sinhalese woman "Vineetha Samarasinghe Gunasekara" when he was a policeman for the Sri Lankan Government in Colombo. He left the Sri Lankan Police and joined the LTTE becoming the head of the LTTE police after the Black July riots in 1983 in Colombo.

Career

were established in 1976 in the Jaffna peninsula region of northern Sri Lanka. As police chief, Nadesan oversaw the building of new police stations in the East following the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement brokered by Norway. He also accompanied numerous LTTE delegations overseas. In November 2008, he became the head of the political division after S. P. Thamilselvan was killed in an air strike by Sri Lankan Air Force.

Death

Nadesan was killed on 18 May 2009 when the Sri Lankan Army overcame the final stronghold of the Tamil Tigers. It is alleged that Nadesan and his family were executed by the Sri Lankan Army after agreement to surrender during the White Flag incident that came to recognition on international terms.