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Tamil Nadu Police on January 20 arrested two more persons in connection with the smuggling of ball bearings, reportedly used by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to make explosives, to Sri Lanka, reports New Indian Express.
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Tamil Nadu Police on January 20 arrested two more persons in connection with the smuggling of ball bearings, reportedly used by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to make explosives, to Sri Lanka, reports New Indian Express. Following the trail of cell phone contacts of Nathan alias Suruli, arrested along with seven others at Madipakkam on January 17 in the same case, Q Branch police on January 20 intercepted Selvaraj, working in a sweet stall in Mumbai for the last 25 years, and seized small packets of ball bearings he had bought as samples. "Selvaraj did not know about the arrest of Nathan and had come down to strike a deal with him for the sale of ball bearings. We picked him up here with the sample packets," Q Branch Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar said in Chennai, adding, Selvaraj was in regular contact with Nathan, who worked as the intelligence chief of the LTTE in Tamil Nadu. "We are scrutinising the cell phone contacts of Selvaraj. We have not got any other leads," he further said.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32104-58553-136483 | 1/22/2008 | India | Two persons trying to smuggle ball bearings for LTTE arrested in Tamil Nadu |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32104-58553-136483 | 1/22/2008 | India | arrest | Salem |