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http://www.indianexpress.com/story/23844.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Coast Guard destroys explosive-laden LTTE boat</b>
Jaya Menon
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Chennai, February 20: The Indian Coast Guard today destroyed the LTTE boat it intercepted mid-sea on February 13, 20 nautical miles off Chennai. This came after the Tamil Nadu police found that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were concealed behind its fibre plates on the sides and front of
The state âQâ branch which is now handling the case, stumbled on this during their interrogation of the five crew members, two of whom were LTTE members. One of them is a Sea Tiger.
The Coast Guard also found a black suicide bomb vest packed with 7kg of explosives and detonators, an AK-56 rifle with 124 rounds of ammunition, five hand grenades, and eight drums containing 55 litre of liquid chemical each were also found on the boat.
This could well be the first time that Central agencies have come across a boat which could have caused serious damage to the Chennai harbour where it was anchored, as well as some of the big ships berthed in the docks nearby. A press release by Director-General of Police D Mukherjee said that while questioning, the five arrested men âascertained that more explosives were concealed inside the fibre plates on both sides of the boat and in the front, which could be exploded by ignition.â
Immediately, a bomb detection squad was summoned to examine the ship. They confirmed the âsuspicionâ. On Monday, the police obtained orders from a Chennai Magistrate Court, âto defuse the explosives embedded in the boat.â
Around 11 am today, Coast Guard ship âAvvaiyarâ accompanied by a bomb disposal commando squad, senior intelligence officials from the Central and state governments and an officer of the Chennai port marine police, defused, destroyed and sank the LTTE boat mid-sea, about 20 nautical miles (37 kms) off Chennai. The DGP told the media that the boat which took off from Iranaitheevu in Sri Lanka was heading towards north of Jaffna when it strayed into Indian waters. It was fleeing Lankan Naval patrol boats. Meanwhile, Rameshwaram police today arrested two persons, Gunasekara Pandian (22) and Selvaraj (44) from Madurai, from whom they seized 33 gunny bags of metallic bars.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Terrorists who are working for the christoterrorist outfit LTTE stay away from Hindu Tamil Nadu (and rest of India too, of course).
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/23844.html
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Coast Guard destroys explosive-laden LTTE boat</b>
Jaya Menon
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Chennai, February 20: The Indian Coast Guard today destroyed the LTTE boat it intercepted mid-sea on February 13, 20 nautical miles off Chennai. This came after the Tamil Nadu police found that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were concealed behind its fibre plates on the sides and front of
The state âQâ branch which is now handling the case, stumbled on this during their interrogation of the five crew members, two of whom were LTTE members. One of them is a Sea Tiger.
The Coast Guard also found a black suicide bomb vest packed with 7kg of explosives and detonators, an AK-56 rifle with 124 rounds of ammunition, five hand grenades, and eight drums containing 55 litre of liquid chemical each were also found on the boat.
This could well be the first time that Central agencies have come across a boat which could have caused serious damage to the Chennai harbour where it was anchored, as well as some of the big ships berthed in the docks nearby. A press release by Director-General of Police D Mukherjee said that while questioning, the five arrested men âascertained that more explosives were concealed inside the fibre plates on both sides of the boat and in the front, which could be exploded by ignition.â
Immediately, a bomb detection squad was summoned to examine the ship. They confirmed the âsuspicionâ. On Monday, the police obtained orders from a Chennai Magistrate Court, âto defuse the explosives embedded in the boat.â
Around 11 am today, Coast Guard ship âAvvaiyarâ accompanied by a bomb disposal commando squad, senior intelligence officials from the Central and state governments and an officer of the Chennai port marine police, defused, destroyed and sank the LTTE boat mid-sea, about 20 nautical miles (37 kms) off Chennai. The DGP told the media that the boat which took off from Iranaitheevu in Sri Lanka was heading towards north of Jaffna when it strayed into Indian waters. It was fleeing Lankan Naval patrol boats. Meanwhile, Rameshwaram police today arrested two persons, Gunasekara Pandian (22) and Selvaraj (44) from Madurai, from whom they seized 33 gunny bags of metallic bars.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Terrorists who are working for the christoterrorist outfit LTTE stay away from Hindu Tamil Nadu (and rest of India too, of course).