The former head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) intelligence wing in Batticaloa was arrested by Sri Lankan police officers on Monday in Eravur.
Sri Lanka's Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) told the family of Krishnapillai Kalainesan, known as Lt. Col. Prabha that he was arrested in relation to an investigation of the alleged regrouping of the LTTE.
Mr Kalainesan was arrested at his home on Monday at 6.30am and has now been taken to Kalmunai for further interrogation, his wife, Kayalvili told reporters.
Following the end of the armed conflict in 2009, he was initially registered as disappeared, before reports emerged that he was in fact being held by the Sri Lankan military.
In 2013 Mr Kalainesan was released after completing the government's 'rehabilitation' programme.
The arrest is the latest in a series of arrests of former LTTE members over recent days.
The former head of the LTTE's Trincomalee intelligence wing Thalaiarasan was taken into custody on April 27th, in relation to the alleged find of a suicide vest in Chavakachcheri.
The former LTTE commander, Kanathippillai Sivamoorthy, known as Nagulan, was abducted in Jaffna on Tuesday and was found later in custody. His detention came shortly after the arrest of the LTTE cadre Damotharan Jayakanth by the TID as well as the former LTTE commander, Ram, who was earlier reported as abducted in the Eastern province but found to have been detained by the TID.
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