TN puts coastal police on high alert to thwart intrusion of SL Nationals into India
Police are also alert to the possibility of 50 prisoners who had escaped from the Hambantota prison escaping into India through the sea route. The state home department has also directed the Tamil Nadu coastal police to alert the village committees in Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram, and other coastal areas of the state to inform the police regarding the presence of strangers.
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Chennai, May 11: Amid the ongoing turmoil in India's neighboring country, the Tamil Nadu government puts its coastal police on high alert after receiving inputs from Central agencies on the possibility of a heavy intrusion from Sri Lanka.
A senior officer of the Tamil Nadu home department told the private news agency that the state is constantly in touch with the Union Home ministry regarding the possibility of a Sri Lankan inflow into the Indian soil.
Police are also alert to the possibility of 50 prisoners who had escaped from the Hambantota prison escaping into India through the sea route. The state home department has also directed the Tamil Nadu coastal police to alert the village committees in Dhanushkodi, Rameswaram, and other coastal areas of the state to inform the police regarding the presence of strangers.
However, the police, according to a senior officer based at Police headquarters, are also ascertaining the possibility of the cadres of the defunct LTTE trying to sneak into India using this opportunity.
As per the local sources, the Coastal Security group of the state police is coordinating with the Coast Guard and the Indian Navy to block any illegal entry of Sri Lankan nationals into Indian waters.
The state home department has also directed the fishermen from Tamil Nadu to be on alert while fishing near the International Marine Boundary Line as the Sri Lankan Navy is also alert over the nationals of that country crossing into Indian waters.
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