LTTE sources explosive supply from Bengaluru -India
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is reportedly sourcing raw materials for explosives and ammunition from Bengaluru and Mumbai.
An important "commercial" consignment of chemicals that can be altered to make explosives was seized by enforcement agencies at Madurai in Tamil Nadu last month. It was dispatched from Bengaluru and was meant for delivery to the LTTE.
The consignment — 500 kg of a variety of chemicals including diphenylamine sulphates, some chlorate salts and acids — was seized minutes before it was to be off-loaded at a transit point.
"The seized chemicals can be altered to make explosives. The consignment was marked ‘commercial’ and was to be handed over to some locals and Sri Lankans, who were supposed to smuggle it to Sri Lanka. We have arrested some people and are investigating the case," said an official. Some time before this haul, Central and state enforcement agencies in Tamil Nadu had seized an illegal consignment of ball-bearings, aluminium bars and batteries that had been sourced from a wholesale dealer in Mumbai.
It was also to be shipped to Sri Lanka. An investigation revealed that it was meant for manufacturing land mines and missiles by the The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Some material for repairing boats was also part of that shipment. The investigation is in the final stages and is nearing completion. Some "military" supplies to the Tigers have also taken place from Kerala, said an intelligence official. LTTE’s sympathisers in the southern states provide logistic support for the smuggling.
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An important "commercial" consignment of chemicals that can be altered to make explosives was seized by enforcement agencies at Madurai in Tamil Nadu last month. It was dispatched from Bengaluru and was meant for delivery to the LTTE.
The consignment — 500 kg of a variety of chemicals including diphenylamine sulphates, some chlorate salts and acids — was seized minutes before it was to be off-loaded at a transit point.
"The seized chemicals can be altered to make explosives. The consignment was marked ‘commercial’ and was to be handed over to some locals and Sri Lankans, who were supposed to smuggle it to Sri Lanka. We have arrested some people and are investigating the case," said an official. Some time before this haul, Central and state enforcement agencies in Tamil Nadu had seized an illegal consignment of ball-bearings, aluminium bars and batteries that had been sourced from a wholesale dealer in Mumbai.
It was also to be shipped to Sri Lanka. An investigation revealed that it was meant for manufacturing land mines and missiles by the The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Some material for repairing boats was also part of that shipment. The investigation is in the final stages and is nearing completion. Some "military" supplies to the Tigers have also taken place from Kerala, said an intelligence official. LTTE’s sympathisers in the southern states provide logistic support for the smuggling.
Extracted from,
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/ltte-sources-explosive-supply-from-bengaluru.aspx
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