Two Lankan Tamils convicted

A lower court in Tiruchirapalli yesterday sentenced two Sri Lankan Tails to one year imprisonment each for indulging in unlawful activities.

According to the prosecution, Premaraj (49) and 'Diesel' Kumar alias Sivakumar (43) were arrested by the Q Branch Police in March last year following information they had received a huge amount of money for building a boat for the banned LTTE at Munambam in Kerala.

The duo had planned to smuggle the boat out. However, authorities seized the boat besides confiscating Rs. 8.5 lakh in cash, cell phones an incriminating documents.

Abraham Lingan, the Magistrate-in-charge of the Judicial Magistrate II Court in Tiruchirapalli, ordered a one year imprisonment for conspiracy and unlawful activities and said the sentence could run concurrently. UNI