Security has been beefed up along Tamil Nadu's 650-km coastline stretching from Chennai to Rameshwaram following intelligence inputs that LTTE chief Prabhakaran may attempt to cross over from Sri Lanka, Indian police said Sunday.

'We have received inputs indicating Prabhakaran's attempts to cross the Palk Strait into India and are taking no chances since false reports are likely to be planted to sow seeds of confusion among security personnel,' a police official said on condition of anonymity, reportd the IANS yesterday(26) quoting Indian Police official.

Top police sources in India said that Quick Reaction Teams have been deployed under the supervision of superintendent of police Mukund Kotnis with active cooperation from Coast Guard patrol vessels all the way from Nagappattinam, 300 km south of Chennai, right up to Rameshwaram, 300 km further southwards.