“Officials briefed Parvathiammal about treatment”

July 07, 2010 12:14 am | Updated 12:14 am IST - CHENNAI:

Officials of the Indian High Commission, Colombo, who visited Parvathiammal, mother of the slain LTTE chief, V. Prabakaran, in Colombo in May, had indicated the offer to arrange for her treatment at a government hospital in Tamil Nadu at government expense, the Centre submitted before the Madras High Court on Tuesday.

In a counter to a petition filed by R. Karuppan of Royapettah here which stated that the Union government should immediately invite Parvathiammal to visit Chennai for treatment by providing her a special plane from Kuala Lumpur to Chennai, Smita Pant, Deputy Secretary (Bangladesh) in the External Affairs Ministry, said pursuant to the decision of the Union Home Ministry to grant medical visa for her, Mr. Balasubramanian Shyam, First Secretary (Political), and Villiputhur Kandavelu Viswanathan, Second Secretary (Consular), High Commission of India, Colombo, visited Parvathiammal in Colombo on May 11. They conveyed the Union government's willingness to assist in the issue of a medical visa to her. The officials also indicated the offer to arrange for treatment. She was awake during the meeting, but did not speak.

The counter said R. Sampanthan, Sri Lanka MP, spoke on her behalf. The next day, the parliamentarian conveyed her decision that her visit to India may be deferred for the time being.

A Division Bench, comprising Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and K.K. Sasidharan, adjourned the matter to Wednesday.

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