▁the ▁official ▁death ▁to ll ▁was ▁about ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 ▁but ▁uno fficial ▁figures ▁reli ably ▁estimated ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁around ▁four ▁to ▁five ▁thousand . ▁J VP ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁organization ▁to ▁be ▁pro scri bed ▁in ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁after ▁their ▁revol t . ▁The ▁government ▁forces ▁were ▁ill - equ ipped ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁a ▁full - scale ▁ins urre ction ▁with ▁world ▁war ▁two ▁v int age ▁British ▁weapons . ▁Although ▁the ▁major ▁danger ▁disappeared ▁after ▁three ▁weeks , ▁it ▁took ▁nearly ▁three ▁more ▁months ▁to ▁completely ▁er ad icate ▁the ▁re bell ion ▁out posts ▁in ▁the ▁j ung les ▁and ▁remote ▁villages . ▁ ▁The ▁J VP ▁was ▁pro scri bed ▁once ▁again , ▁after ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁dist urban ces ▁amid st ▁government ▁alleg ations ▁that ▁they ▁have ▁been ▁involved ▁in ▁plots ▁to ▁dest abil ize ▁the ▁country ▁and ▁over throw ▁the ▁government . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁ins urre ction ▁of ▁J VP . ▁The ▁second ▁ins urre ction ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁open ▁revol t , ▁like ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁ins urre ction ▁but ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁low ▁intensity ▁conflict ▁that ▁last ed ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁with ▁the ▁J VP ▁resort ing ▁to ▁assass in ations , ▁sub version , ▁ra ids ▁and ▁attacks ▁on ▁military ▁and ▁civil ian ▁targets . ▁The ▁J VP ' s ▁military ▁wing