Troops enter Otiyamalai [November 29 2008]

After days of fierce gunbattles and stiff LTTE resistance troops of the 59 Division have entered Otiyamalai area, at the Mullaithivu battlefront. According to initial reports from the battlefront, troops of the 14th Sinha Regiment(SR) and the 12th Sri Lankan Light Infantry (SLLI) have broken the LTTE defences and entered the area, forcing terrorist to flee with heavy casualties. Army forward domination elements are now on pursuit of the fleeing terrorists while other infantrymen are engaged in mop-up and clearing operations in the liberated area, military sources reported.