LTTE denies plan to kill Indian leaders
By G Saravanan Published in The New Indian Express, on December 19, 2010: CHENNAI: A statement purportedly released by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on S aturday denied that the organisation has hatched any plan to kill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Home Minister P Chidambaram and State Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. According to an e-mailed statement signed by R M Supan, coordinator of LTTE headquarters, Tamil Eelam, “ We not only categorically deny the news that is currently in circulation that the Indian intelligence bureau has warned of an LTTE plan to kill the Indian political leaders, but also condemn this misinformation. ” However, the authenticity of the statement sent in an e-mail, both in English and Tamil, could not be verified. It may be noted that the Indian intelligence agencies recently warned that some LTTE cadre, who escaped the...