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Has India forgotten LTTE killed its soldiers? - Felix March 20, 2012, 10:22 pmHas India already forgotten the fact that it was the LTTE that killed over ten thousand of their soldiers, belonging to the Indian Peace Keeping Force, when it decided to vote for the US-led resolution against Sri Lanka for defeating the LTTE, Social Services Minister Felix Perera queried in Parliament yesterday. Minister Perera said that in addition to those who had been killed, over 22,000 Indian soldiers were maimed or disabled by the LTTE during the IPKF missions. "All those soldiers that were killed were buried there in Indian soil. It shames them when India today changes its stance and takes the side of those who try to extract revenge on Sri Lanka for defeating the LTTE," he said. Participating in the debate on regulations under the National Aquaculture Development Authority of Sri Lanka Act No 1, Minister Perera said: "By ending the war, Sri Lanka not only helped herself but India too. It is so unfortunate that India had forgotten those facts." (SI)