Man held for carrying LTTE books

INDIA: A Kuala Lumpur-bound traveller was arrested Monday night at Chennai airport for carrying books published by the banned Sri Lankan militant group the LTTE.

Sources at the airport said, Suresh of Mannargudi was about to board a Jet Airways flight when emigration authorities found books and stickers related to the separatist group. The sources added, the Q-branch of the police was alerted immediately. An initial investigation revealed the man was a supporter of the Tigers.