
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 People8217;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.