
NIA seeks to declare three accused as approvers
The Hindu
Seizure of arms, drugs from Sri Lankans
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought to declare three accused in the Sri Lankan arms and drugs seizure case as approvers. The agency has moved a petition in this regard before the NIA Special Court, Kochi.
The NIA had submitted the charge sheet in the case at the court last week.
As many as 15 Sri Lankans were arrested on charges of smuggling arms, ammunition and drugs to India, and for attempting to revive the activities of the proscribed organisation, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and waging war against Sri Lanka, according to the charge sheet.

On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












