LTTE thret to Sonia Ghandi

India’s intelligence services have becoming increasingly concerned about the prospect of an election-time attack by the LTTE on top political leaders, including Congress party chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Sources in the intelligence services have told that while there is no substantive intelligence to indicate that assassinations or attacks have been ordered by the LTTE, the inflammatory language being used by the terrorist group’s supporter in India was a cause for concern.

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He made a reference to the assassination of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Sriperumbudur, and warned India of a secessionist movement if it did not push for an end to Sri Lanka’s anti-LTTE campaign.

The MDMK polemic isn’t the sole cause for concern among the intelligence services. Facing annihilation in Sri Lanka, some analysts fear, the LTTE could unleash violence within India to coerce its political leadership and create conditions where it could set up safe havens in Tamil Nadu.

Source: The Hindu