Background
His father was a Manager of bank of Ceylon, Pointpedro.
His father was a Manager of bank of Ceylon, Pointpedro.
Hartley College.
Vasanthan joined the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam at very young age and soon became a Black Tiger. He drove a small truck laden with explosives into a Sri Lanka Army camp in Nelliady Madhya Maha Vidyalayam,K araveddy in Jaffna peninsula, on 5 July 1987, killing himself and 40 Sri Lankan soldiers. Following the attack normal cadres attacked the base successfully, therefore preventing Sri Lankan Armies" major offensive.
A statue was erected in his honour, at the site of his attack in the Nelliyadi Madya Maha Vidyalayam, in 2002.
5 July was commemorated annually as "", as well as 27 November being commemorated as Martyrs Day or Heroes Day. The deadly effect of the attack encouraged more attacks of a similar nature.
The attack allegedly temporarily set back a planned invasion of Jaffna town by government security forces.