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Indian authorities bust racket linked to LTTE revival

08 Apr, 2023

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has busted a racket linked to attempts to revive the LTTE.

The News Minute reported that the NIA arrested a man and seized a huge cache of cash, gold bars, digital devices, drugs and documents along with other incriminating material on Thursday, April 6.

The agency began investigations into the racket in July 2022 and suspected that the drugs and arms trade was being used to allegedly revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Till now, the NIA has made fourteen arrests including the latest arrest on Thursday. In December 2022, 13 accused were arrested during raids in 21 locations across Tamil Nadu.

Investigations into the case have revealed that the proceeds of drugs and arms trade in Sri Lanka were received in India through hawala agents, including one Shahid Ali of Chennai. It was further found that the hawala transactions were done through hotels and businesses based in Mannady, Chennai.

Thursday’s seizure included Rs 68 lakh in Indian currency and 1,000 Singapore Dollars, nine gold biscuits (total of 300 grams) from the shop of Shahid Ali. NIA has also recovered Rs 12 lakh in Indian currency from the hotel Orange Palace in Chennai.? (Colombo Gazette / News Minute)

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