ISI trying to revive LTTE in Tamil Nadu: Report

COLOMBO: Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI is trying to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Tamil Nadu, reported The Island Online.

The National Investigation Agency earlier this week arrested nine persons in connection with an illegal drugs and arms case pertaining to the revival of the LTTE. The NIA in a note said that the case pertains to the activities of the Sri Lankan drug mafia controlled by Gunashekaran and Pushparajah in association with Haji Salim, a drugs and arms supplier based in Pakistan.

This module has been operating in India and Sri Lanka and has been smuggling drugs and arms in a bid to fund the revival of the LTTE, reported The Island Online. The push by Pakistan to spruce up terror in South India is nothing new. In 2014, the NIA unearthed a module which was being controlled by the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo.

The High Commission was overseeing a couple of operatives in Tamil Nadu who were undertaking reconnaissance of several targets which they planned to strike. With that module being busted at the roots, the ISI is now trying to revive the LTTE movement in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka to derail security in this part of the country, reported The Island Online.

An Intelligence Bureau official told OneIndia that back in February attempts were being made to revive the LTTE movement by linking it to Tamil nationalism. The NIA had arrested former operatives of the outfit and found that these were linked to some persons in Europe. It was learnt that these operatives based in Europe were trying to withdraw money and use it to revive the LTTE. (ANI)

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