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Monday, January 26, 2009 - 5.30 GMT |
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Indian authorities suspect Sea Tigers may have entered TN
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Tamil Nadu Police has expressed doubts that
the boat washed ashore at Rameswaram on
Saturday with markings indicating that it
was from Sri Lanka may have been used by
LTTE Se Tiger cadres to enter Tamil Nadu.
Local fishermen informed the Temple police
in Rameswaram that a Sri Lankan boat had
been washed ashore near Cherankottai and a
team led by inspector Muthukumar seized the
boat.
When they searched the boat, the police
found diving equipment, cylinders, 100 litre
diesel container, gloves, a bag and a
fisherman’s identity card from Mannar.
Intelligence unit personnel suspect that
four to seven Sea Tiger cadres from
Nachikuda or Nedunthivu may have entered the
State by using the boat belonging to
fishermen of Mannar or Pesalai, Indian media
reported.
Police said, to prevent LTTE men from
escaping, they have intensified search of
vehicles leaving Rameshwaram for the main
land. All checkposts in the district have
also been alerted.
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