Tissaka
04-30-2007, 05:39 PM
* India says LTTE killed five Indian fishermen at sea
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 14:01 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 28, Colombo: In a dramatic turn of events, the Tamil Nadu police today accused the LTTE of killing five Indian fishermen off the Kanyakumari coast on March 29.
Issuing a statement, director general of police D. Mukherjee said this was revealed during the interrogation of six LTTE cadres arrested on April 11 off the Tuticorin coast. He said 12 Indian fishermen, who had been reported missing since March 4, were abducted by the Sea Tigers and were in the LTTE's custody now.
The interrogation revealed that the six suspects were involved in the smuggling of arms and ammunition from a LTTE ship in the high seas and transporting them to LTTE camps in Sri Lanka.
Mukherjee said the six LTTE men were transporting arms and ammunition in their boat ‘Maria', which developed a snag and started drifting towards Indian waters. At that time, they chanced upon the Indian fishermen from Kanyakumari.
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 14:01 GMT, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.
Apr 28, Colombo: In a dramatic turn of events, the Tamil Nadu police today accused the LTTE of killing five Indian fishermen off the Kanyakumari coast on March 29.
Issuing a statement, director general of police D. Mukherjee said this was revealed during the interrogation of six LTTE cadres arrested on April 11 off the Tuticorin coast. He said 12 Indian fishermen, who had been reported missing since March 4, were abducted by the Sea Tigers and were in the LTTE's custody now.
The interrogation revealed that the six suspects were involved in the smuggling of arms and ammunition from a LTTE ship in the high seas and transporting them to LTTE camps in Sri Lanka.
Mukherjee said the six LTTE men were transporting arms and ammunition in their boat ‘Maria', which developed a snag and started drifting towards Indian waters. At that time, they chanced upon the Indian fishermen from Kanyakumari.