Sri Lanka [ Images ] will hand over Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam chief Velupillai Prabhakaran [ Images ], once he is arrested, if India [ Images ] made such a request, President Mahinda Rajapakse [ Images ] has said.

"If they ask for him, I will send him there. ... Why not? He has killed so many people. If India wants him, certainly I will send him to India," the Sri Lankan President told NDTV's Walk the Talk programme.

"On request from them (Indian authorities), I will do whatever they want," Rajapakse said.

He maintained that Prabhakaran, who is accused of being the mastermind behind the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi [ Images ], will not be granted pardon by India.