The Tamil Nadu state police and Central intelligence agencies have stepped up vigil after threats of an armed group trying to infiltrate from Sri Lanka were received, Indian media reports said. According to informed intelligence sources, a boat carrying armed operatives was headed towards Rameswaram coast, IANS reported. However, the sources told IANS that the exact identity of these people are not known as also of the organization that they belong to. A senior police officer at the state police headquarters in Chennai told IANS: “Yes there is an alert but I can’t reveal more than this at present. Intelligence sources in Kerala police have indicated that they have also stepped up vigil across the coastal towns of the state after tip-offs from the agencies.

Source: The Nation June 14, 2021 02:48 UTC