Top LTTE spies arrested
Rafik JALALDEEN
Suicide cadres in guise of beggars
LTTE suicide bombers in the guise
of pregnant women, beggars, women carrying children, old men
and women etc. have been deployed to carry explosions in the
Colombo city, Police Intelligence warned the public.
Police arrested several women with
children carrying explosives at Anuradhapura and
Medawachchiya recently.
A leading LTTE intelligence
operative in the guise of a beggar was also taken into
custody at Kiribathgoda, Police said.
Police also suspect the possibility
of bags, travelling bag belts, books, shoes etc being used
to insert explosives to cause mayhem in the country.
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Three top LTTE cadres deployed to spy on road blocks and security
arrangements in military camps were arrested on Wednesday in Poronuwa,
Kahawatta.
Police spokesman SSP Ranjith Gunasekera said OIC Kahawatta IP
Prasanna Waidyanayaka raided a house and arrested three top LTTE cadres
on Wednesday around 8.00 p.m. in Kahawatta. Following extensive
interrogation, Rangaraj Kanagaraj, 22, Vishvanathan Yogapragasan, 23,
and Vishwanathan Prabakaran, 21, disclosed information on their training
and mission in Colombo.
SSP Gunasekera said Rangaraj and Yogapragasan had received training
at various LTTE camps in the Wanni and the North. Both suspects had
received training in Anda training camp in Kilinochchi, Irumbarai camp
in Mullaitivu, Thirukkai hospital on first aid in Puthukudiruppu,
Suganthan base (2) and Maniwannan camp in Muniyankattu.
"Rangaraj had been trained by senior Sea Tiger cadre Kadan in sea
battles from 2005 to 2007 and had taken part in an attack against the
Navy in Kankesanthurai," SSP Gunasekera told the Daily News.
Yogapragasan was a Tiger Intelligence cadre furnishing information on
the Security Forces.
"The LTTE suspects were spying on road blocks in Colombo and were
obtaining information on security arrangement in Security Forces camps,"
he added.
Prabakaran who is a brother of Yogapragasan was an aide and passed
information to the other two LTTE suspects.
"We believe that these suspects were involved in bomb explosions in
the Colombo city and its suburbs.
"The suspects had also received training on claymore explosions."
Police also recovered a stock of ammunition from Rangaraj's residence
in Balangoda.
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