
Centre alerted over entry of Lankan militant
Intelligence agencies have alerted the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government about the entry of prominent Sri Lanka militant Manickadasan of People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) into Tamil Nadu. A senior leader of Tamil militancy in Sri Lanka, he is said to have strong links with the ISI and has been trained in Lebanon. According to intelligence sources, 41-year-old Manickadasan had left for Singapore on a bogus Sri Lankan passport in the first week of July 1999. A 17-member bodyguard squad of Manickadasan had earlier arrived on the Tamil Nadu coast.


