India-Sri Lanka Illegal Drugs Case: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against 13 people, including 10 Sri Lankan citizens, in the case of illegal drugs and arms smuggling in India-Sri Lanka. The National Investigation Agency issued a statement on Friday (June 16) saying that this case of smuggling is related to efforts to revive the terrorist group LTTE (LTTE) in both the countries.
According to the NIA, the accused named in the chargesheet conspired with one of the accused in the Vizhinjam Port drugs recovery case to revive the LTTE in India and Sri Lanka, using illegal trade of drugs for funding. Taking cognizance of the matter on July 8 last year, the NIA had registered a case and arrested 13 people from Tamil Nadu.
Charge sheet filed against these people
An agency spokesperson said three Indians — Selvakumar M, Vigneswara Perumal alias Vicky and Iyyapan Nandu — were among the accused who were chargesheeted in a Delhi court under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and NDPS. aka Ayyappan Nandu, is included.
The 10 Sri Lankan nationals have been identified as C Gunasekaran alias Guna, Pushparaja alias Pookutty Kanna, Mohammad Asmin, Alhaperumaga Sunil Gamini Fonseka, Stanley Kennedy Fernando, Dhanukka Roshan, Ladiya alias Nalin Chaturanga, Vela Suranga alias Gamge Suranga Pradeep, Thilipan alias Dilepan and Danaratnam Neelukshan. as done.
80 lakh cash seized
He told that several mobile phones with pre-activated Indian SIM cards have been seized from the accused. The NIA had also seized various digital devices related to drug transactions, Rs 80 lakh in cash and nine gold bars during the investigation. This cash and gold were proceeds from the sale of narcotics. Several transactions using crypto platforms were also detected between the accused.
Conspiracy hatched to reactivate LTTE
The spokesperson said Vicky and Nandu were arrested in April this year, while the others were arrested in December last year. These accused conspired to raise funds, hoard and conceal arms and trade in illegal drugs to reactivate the LTTE. These drugs were being procured from Haji Salim, who is suspected to be living in Pakistan. The accused persons were using different foreign WhatsApp numbers for this trade.
read this also-
