LTTE links to boat-building a new threat

The Tigers are on the prowl in Kerala backwaters. With the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) outsourcing its boat-building works to the obscure boat-building yards in Kerala, the state government has woken up to a new threat.

The recent incidents in Munambam near Kochi and Azheekkal in Thrissur district in which the authorities have `seized' two boats allegedly being built for the Tigers indicate that the outfit has its presence or agents in Kerala.

Cops from the `Q' Branch of Tamil Nadu with the assistance of the state police on March 6 had seized a halfbuilt boat at a yard in Munambam near Kochi. The boat was seized from Sudhas Marine Engineering, Munambam, a private boat-building yard. The investigation team got a tipoff about the boat building in Kochi when they interrogated the two LTTE sympathisers, both Sri Lankans.

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