India believes that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues to be an extremely potent, most lethal and well-organised terrorist outfit in Sri Lanka.
Justifying its decision to impose the ban on the LTTE on May 14, 2008, the Government of India submitted to a tribunal that the separatist outfit has strong connections in Tamil Nadu and certain other pockets of southern India.
The tribunal, set up under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, has accepted the government's arguments and upheld the ban.
Delhi High Court's Justice Vikramjit Sen, who is on the tribunal, agreed with the Indian Government's submission that "the LTTE continues to use Tamil Nadu as the base for carrying out smuggling of essential items like petrol and diesel, besides drugs, to Sri Lanka."
The government submitted that Kalpakkam and Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where some of the major nuclear plants are located, are close to LTTE bases in Sri Lanka. The government is apprehensive that, "unless the ban on the LTTE continues, acts of aggression on Indian soil are likely to occur."
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Justifying its decision to impose the ban on the LTTE on May 14, 2008, the Government of India submitted to a tribunal that the separatist outfit has strong connections in Tamil Nadu and certain other pockets of southern India.
The tribunal, set up under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, has accepted the government's arguments and upheld the ban.
Delhi High Court's Justice Vikramjit Sen, who is on the tribunal, agreed with the Indian Government's submission that "the LTTE continues to use Tamil Nadu as the base for carrying out smuggling of essential items like petrol and diesel, besides drugs, to Sri Lanka."
The government submitted that Kalpakkam and Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, where some of the major nuclear plants are located, are close to LTTE bases in Sri Lanka. The government is apprehensive that, "unless the ban on the LTTE continues, acts of aggression on Indian soil are likely to occur."
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