Slain Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ellam (LTTE) chief V Prabhakaran's ailing mother, Parvati, who arrived in Chennai on Friday night from Malaysia, was immediately deported by the Indian authorities.

Parvati, who was to be admitted to a hospital in Chennai for treatment, arrived from Kuala Lumpur but policemen did not permit her to alight from the aircraft, officials said.

The Indian government did not give permission for her stay in India, Press Trust of India (PTI) cited the police as saying.

Elaborate security arrangements were made and suburban police commissioner, Jangid, was himself present to oversee matters as there was a crowd of over 150 persons including MDMK general secretary Vaiko and Tamil nationalist movement leader P Nedumaran, both vocal supporters of the proscribed LTTE, at the airport.

On May 18, 2009, the Sri Lankan government announced Prabhakaran had been killed while trying to escape advancing army troops in the north of the country and said his parents were found inside a camp for displaced people.

His father Tiruvekkdam Velupilli died this January.

- Bernama