Lankan rebels shifting operations to Kerala coast
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Nov 26, IRNA
Sri Lanka-LTTE-India
With its movement restricted on the India's amil Nadu coast due to constant surveillance by navy and coast guard, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has started shifting its operations to the India's Kerala coast, a top Naval official said in Kochi, a city of Kerala today.
The Sri Lankan forces have understood LTTE's tactics and the Indian Navy has increased vigil on the Tamil Nadu coast, making it virtually impenetrable, Flag officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval command, Vice Admiral Sunil K Damle said, Indian national TV news portal reported here.
Now attempts are being made by the LTTE to slowly use Kerala coast for smuggling arms and ammunition and drugs. Efforts are also being made by other terrorist organizations to use Malabar as a landing point for RDX, he told reporters.
Citing instances of LTTE's illegal activities in Kerala waters recently, including when the outfit allegedly seized a fishing vessel between Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram, for its clandestine activities, he said "this is just the beginning of infiltration."
Another militant organisation, which had smuggled in RDX through the Konkan coast, was now trying to bring it in through the Malabar coast. "We were told that some attempts had been made in the Malabar coast," he added.
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