 Shankar (Tamil militant)

Vaithilingam Sornalingam (September 1949 – 26 September 2001; , alternative spellings include Vythilingam Sornalingam; often referred to by his "nom de guerre" Colonel Shankar) was founder of the air wing and marine division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and a relative of Velupillai Prabhakaran.He was educated in Sri Lanka, and worked for some time in Canada before returning to Sri Lanka and joining the LTTE.