Incidents in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Event ID Date Country Event
69029-141383-358905 4/30/2014 India Central intelligence agencies and Tamil Nadu Police arrested an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent, Zaheer Hussain in Chennai on April 29, reports The Times of India.
67219-137337-348574 1/3/2014 India On January 1, Police arrested a gang of three members at Adam Sahib Street in Royapuram (Chennai, Tamil Nadu) for circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICNs) of INR 1,000 denomination for the last six months in different parts of Chennai, including shopping hubs in T. Nagar and Purasawalkam, according to The Hindu.
59348-118450-299686 12/12/2012 India The Andhra Pradesh Police arrested a Naxalite [Left Wing Extremist (LWE)], identified as Peda Mallu Swami, a former dalam (armed squad) commander' of a Local Guerrilla Squad of the erstwhile People's War Group (PWG), in Chennai in Tamil Nadu, reported The Hindu on December 12. Swami belonged to the Chenchu tribe, had spread terror in the Veldurthy mandal (administrative unit) in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, during 1999-2003 by taking part in famine raids,' when Palnadu uplands were ravaged by drought.
60562-121073-307094 11/30/2011 India Seven engineering students, all hailing from Bihar, were arrested by the Police in Selaiyur town in Chennai District on November 29 in Tamil Nadu for their suspected links with banned outfits, The Times of India reported.
34402-64158-151532 8/8/2008 India Separately, two Sri Lankan youths, part of a procurement module of the LTTE, were arrested on August 5 and materials used for making explosives were seized from them, a police press release in Chennai said on August 7. Acting on a tip-off, ''Q'' branch police arrested Uma Ramanan and Amalan, both hailing from Jaffna, and recovered 1.5-kg of potassium nitrate powder used in making explosives, a solar light and a few spark plugs and wires from their possession.
34338-64000-151093 8/2/2008 India Times of India reports that Thambi Anna alias Thambi Ilamkathir alias Daniel, a key Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) procurement agent who was arrested in Chennai by the Tamil Nadu Police on July 30, had come to recruit more suppliers for his network.

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The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.