New Delhi, May 28: Taking stringent actions on terror groups, the centre has taken a call for setting up a tribunal for the ban on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Extending the five year ban, the tribunal is intended to arbitrate whether or not there is sufficient reason to continue the ban on the proscribed terror group. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
The tribunal will be constituted under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) to give an opportunity to the banned entity to present its case but is usually a no-show. India had banned the LTTE after Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991. Since then the ban imposed on the group has been extended after every five years.
While extending the ban on the LTTE, the home ministry had said the group's continued violent and disruptive activities are prejudicial to the integrity and sovereignty of India. Also, it continues to adopt a strong anti-India posture and also continues to pose a grave threat to the security of Indian nationals.
The LTTE, a terror outfit based in Sri Lanka but having its supporters, sympathisers and agents in India, came up in 1976. Even after its military defeat in May, 2009 in Sri Lanka, the LTTE has not abandoned the concept of 'Eelam' and has been illicitly working towards this cause by undertaking fund raising and propaganda activities.