NEW DELHI, August 7: Six LTTE militants and their Indian
accomplice in Tamil Nadu were arrested on Thursday in connection with the
seizure of 26 'acid cans' near Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on July 30, police
said.
Inspector Thiagarajan of 'Q' branch, dealing with
extremist activities in Rameswaram, said their contact Muniasamy, an
Indian national, also had been taken into custody at Nagatchi in the
southern Indian state’s Ramanathapuram district.
UN turns down LTTE
ceasefire plea
The United Nations has turned down the LTTE request for
the declaration of an immediate ceasefire, Government Defence spokesman
Keheliya Rambukwella said yesterday.
The LTTE had made the request to the UN on Thursday (7)
and the UN had informed the Government of Sri Lanka about the request.
