Akbar

Who was Akbar?

Veerapathirar Pernibarasa was a leading member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.

Pernibarasa was born on 30 March 1973 in Kathiraveli, Batticaloa District. He was attacked and tortured by the Indian Peace Keeping Force. He joined the LTTE in 1990 and took on the nom de guerre Akbar. He took part in the Battle of Mullaitivu in July 1996, contributing to the destruction of two tanks. The next year Akbar became the founding-commander of the LTTE's Victor Anti Tank and Armoured Unit. He married in 2003 and had two sons. Lieutenant Colone Akbar was killed by random shelling by the army on 7 October 2006 along the Muhamalai Forward Defence Line.