Sivanadan Somasekaran (died 2009) also known as Brigadier Bhanu or Banu was a Senior Commander of the

LTTE The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; , ; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization, that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam ...

. He led the LTTE's artillery unit in the

Second Battle of Elephant Pass The Second Battle of Elephant Pass (code-named Operation Unceasing Waves III (ஓயாத அலைகள் மூன்று) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), was fought from December 1999 to April 2000 for the control of the Sri ...

and hoisted the LTTE flag at the Elephant Pass base in 2000. He was also commander of the Kutty Sri mortar brigade. Somasekaran was killed in 2009.

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