1981: TELO carries out a bank heist in Jaffna that leaves the group with 7.8 million rupees.It is not a comprehensive listing, but captures some of the most famous attacks or turning points during the campaign. ĭisclaimer: These are some selected major attacks in the militant organization's history. However, Sri’s over-reliance on RAW, as well as his inability to establish strong central leadership, led to the demise of TELO in mid-1986. Sri also established close ties with RAW, the external unit of the Indian Intelligence Services. The military wing consisted of several district commanders who were responsible for all operations within their areas of control. Under Sabaratnam, TELO formally divides into a political wing run by Dayasekaram Kulasekaram and a military wing. After their death, Sri Sabaratnam took over as head of TELO. On July 25, 1983, both leaders were brutally killed in a prison riot conducted by Sinhalese prisoners. Both Thangathura and Kuttimani were caught and arrested by Sri Lankan authorities in 1981 after attempting to flee the country with the loot from a bank heist TELO carried out in Jaffna. TELO was founded by two radical students in 1977, Nadarajah Thangathura and Selvarajah Yogachandran, better known as Kuttimani. This section describes various leaders, their deputies, and other important officials in the militant organization. Since then, the group has disbanded and become a minor political party. By 1987, TELO was a minimalist group with little power and agreed to disarm as provided by the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord of 1987.
In May, they succeeded in killing Sri Sabaratnam, TELO’s leader, and virtually destroying the group. However, in April 1986, LTTE undertook a systemic campaign to eliminate TELO, which they now saw as a moderate group. In 1985, EPRLF, TELO, LTTE, and TULF joined forces to form the Eelam National Liberation Front (ENLF) to participate in the Thimphu Talks brokered by India. TELO could not survive without Indian aid and, as a result, was forced into accepting political autonomy rather than independence for Sri Lanka’s Tamils. In 1985, however, RAW began to pressure the Tamil groups it supported to scale back their demands. Between 19, the group’s membership more than doubled. Hundreds of TELO cadres were subsequently trained in Indian camps and under RAW’s patronage, TELO flourished. In 1983, TELO was one of the first groups to develop close ties with RAW, the external unit of the Indian Intelligence Services after the death of the group’s co-founders Thangathura and Kuttimani. Other groups, such as PLOTE and EROS, were influenced more by Marxism. Unlike other Tamil militant groups operating at the time, TELO and the LTTE were both driven fundamentally by a desire for an independent Tamil homeland regardless of ideology. In 1978, TELO entered into a coordinating alliance with the LTTE. Upon formation, Thangathura and Kuttimani decided that TELO would be the political wing of the group and TELA the military wing, although the group as a whole was generally referred to as TELO.
The group, however, had existed since 1969 as a small, underground organization that carried out random acts of arson and other petty criminal activities.
The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) was officially formed in September 1977 by Nadarajah Thangathura and Selvarajah Yogachandran (better known as Kuttimani). In 1987, TELO officially disbanded as a military organization and transitioned to a political party. With little leadership structure and an over-reliance on Indian support, the organization was never able to re-emerge as a militant group. By May, the LTTE had successfully killed several hundred TELO cadres, as well as Sabaratnam. However, in April 1986, LTTE launched a full-out assault on TELO, which it now perceived as a moderate group. With Indian funding, TELO grew in both numbers and capabilities. After the death of its co-founders in 1983, TELO’s new leader Sri Sabaratnam reached out to RAW and established close ties with the external unit of the Indian Intelligence Services. TELO, which was officially founded in 1977, first entered into a cooperative alliance with the LTTE, as both were driven by the same fundamental goals. The Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) is a militant organization that fought for an independent homeland for Sri Lanka’s Tamils. July 30, 1986: July 30, 1986: TELO attacks government forces in the town of Kandikulam.
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