Govt extends ban on LTTE
Citing threats from LTTE cadres who are possibly regrouping in Tamil Nadu, the Centre on Friday extended the ban on LTTE by another two years. According to a notification issued by the home ministry, there are reports that
LTTE cadres were using the sea route to clandestinely enter the country in the guise of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees who may even be producing genuine documents to hide their real identity.
The ministry has also raised concern over LTTE sympathisers continuing to spread anti-India propaganda on the Internet accusing “top Indian political leaders and bureaucrats responsible for the defeat of the LTTE’’. “Such propaganda through the Internet which remains continued, are likely to impact VVIP security adversely in India,” the notification said.
The notification said that even though LTTE has been “decimated in Sri Lanka, recent reports reveal that remnant LTTE cadres and leaders are regrouping in Tamil Nadu”.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has been banned since 1992 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The outfit which was espousing the cause of a separate Tamil Eelam was vanquished by the Sri Lankan military in May 2009.
The ban on the outfit, however, has been extended keeping in view the possibility of its remnant cadres using India and especially Tamil Nadu as a rear base for their re-grouping activities.
As per the procedure, the notification will now reach a tribunal, which has to ratify it.
The group-led by V. Prabhakaran had been proscribed as a terrorist organisation by several countries including the United States.
The LTTE was involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 following which it was banned in India in 1992.
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