Vallipuram Parvathi, the mother of slain LTTE leader Velupillai Prabakaran, passed away on Sunday morning at a Jaffna Hospital. She was 81.

Cofirming this, the Army said that the death came at around 6.30 am.

TamilNet, in a post, said that after the demise of her husband in January 2010, Mrs. Parvathi was released and was later allowed to go to Malaysia for medical treatment in March 2010. She was denied entry to Tamil Nadu and deported back to Malaysia last year. Later, she was brought to her home village of Valveddiththurai and the local hospital was treating her.

PTI adds

When Parvathi Pillai was admitted to hospital last month, she was already partially paralysed. Lately, she sunk into a major depression and stopped eating as her three remaining children, settled abroad, were not ready to visit Sri Lanka, though they were helping her financially.

Her two married daughters live in Toronto, Canada and Chennai respectively, while her surviving son Manoharan is based in Denmark.

Parvathi Pillai, whose husband Thiruvengadam Velupillai died in January 2010 in Jaffna, was deported last year when she landed in Chennai for treatment. Before that, she had been living in Malaysia.

After her deportation last year, she was placed under the protective custody of Sri Lankan military before being released.

She stayed at a lodge in Colombo for a short period until she was moved to her native place at Valvettithurai.

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