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Alleged Tamil killer arrested

Rajiv had a secret meeting with LTTE representative
NEW DELHI. May 25: The slain former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi recently had a secret meeting with a Tamil guerilla organisation now sus peeted in his assassination, a respected newspaper reported Saturday, report AP
An unidentified represents , tive of the Liberation Tigers for Tamil Eelam sought the meeting in a bld for reconciliation with the man considered one of the group's worst enemies. said The Hindu, a national daily based In the southern city of Madras.
The paper said the Tigers, expecting Gandhi to return to office in elections now under way were looking to him as "the only leader who could do something effective for the Tamil issue."
The Hindu, known to have good sources with the Tiger's supporters In India, said Gandhi met the guerilla representative on March 5 at his New Delhi home.
The Congress Party spokesman was not immediately available to comment on the report. A spokesman for the Tigers in London did not answer his telephone
The paper gave few details of the meeting, but said both sides appeared satisfied with the renewed contact. Gandhi sent greetings to the Tigers' elusive commander.Velupilnal Prabhakaran
About 200.000 Tamils have fled Srl Lanka to southern India. home to India's own 60 million Tamils. Many Tigers lire suspected to be among the
refugees.
India's national government dismissed the state govern me nt of Tamil Nadu last Jan uary. reportedly under pres sure from Gandhi, for falling tn control Tamil militants Gandhi's supposed Interven Hon was cited as a possible motive for his murder.
Police said Gandhi was killed by a woman with Tamil features who denoted plastic explosives strapped around her waist She has not been identified
AFP adds: Police have de tained a Sri Lankan Tamil mill tent tn India's* Tamil Nadu state on suspicion of being linked to former Prime Minister Rajtv Gandhi's assassination. newspapers reported today
The suspect was Identified as a member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam (Lilt). Srl Lanka most power ful separatist group, which is believed to hav carried out the suicide bombing that kilted Gandhi Tuesday night
The Times of India and other newspapers said police were interrogating the militant. who had 10,000 rupees (500 dollars) and a cyanide capsule on him. for possible links with Gandhi's slaying In the Tamil Nadu town of Sriperu mpud ur
LTTE guerillas campaign Ing for an independent homeland In Srl Lanka's northeast cm province are known to carry cyanide, which they often take to avoid capture
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Gandhi. 47 died Instantly at Sripermpudur near Tamil Nadu a capital Madraa where he had gone to addreaa an election rally, when a eon ceated plastic explosive re ported 1y carried by an uniden tiffed woman went off.
At least one Indian Federal Minister han blamed the LTTE for the murder but the group has dented the char*
Gandhi ordered thousands of Indian troops tn to Sri Irinka In 1987 to crush Tamil sepa rati am The Indians fought a bush war against the LTTE for about two years in which thousands were reportedly kilted