Parameswaran, the UK hunger striker denied the news report of tucking into a McDonald's takeaway during one of Britain's longest-running protests in April this year.
Parameswaran Subramaniyan, 28, fasted for 24 days after five of his relatives, including his mother, were killed in fighting in Sri Lanka. He camped in a makeshift tent on the edge of Parliament Square, in Westminster, London, as thousands of Tamils staged a three-month demonstration.
It was claimed on Friday that police surveillance teams looked on in amazement as McDonalds burgers were smuggled to Mr Subramaniyan.
According to The Daily Mail, Parameswaran Subramaniyan, 28, had eased his ordeal by eating burgers.
The news report said: 'The hunger striker secretly ate McDonald's burgers while on a hunger-strike outside the British Parliament to highlight the plight of Tamils during war with the LTTE. The Scotland Yard surveillance teams had watched in disbelief as he tucked into the clandestine deliveries.'
'The hunger strike and demonstrations had left the police with a $7.1 million overtime bill. The Scotland Yard made no official comment but senior sources said police decided against dragging the bogus hunger striker out of his tent for fear it would start a riot. '
But Mr Subramaniyan, a student from Mitcham, south London, vehemently denied eating any food during the fast, which he said left him seriously ill.
Speaking through an interpreter, he said : "This is a lie to break the strength of the hunger strike and the protest itself. It is not true at all.
"This has been planted by the Sri Lankan government. We have contacted police and they said they did not release a comment on this or anything about it.
"We just want to prove our innocence. We are totally denying this. It is false news."
Mr Subramaniyan's close friend, Sivendran Nadarajah, who accompanied him during his fast, said they are considering legal action.
Mr Nadarajah, a student at London South Bank University, said the hunger strikers were monitored by doctors who kept a log of their deteriorating condition.
He said: "He is ready to go to the courts to prove his innocence and we have started taking to lawyers.
"We are ready to file a case at our own expense and we want to see the evidence that he ate a burger.
"There were thousands of people there during the day and if surveillance teams saw it then others must have seen it too.
"The protest finished three months ago and this is propaganda by the Sri Lankan government to cover up further abuses in Sri Lanka." (Source: The Independent, UK)
