18.3.2008
The Indian Air Force has installed
sophisticated radar with all modern systems available
for aerial surveillance. It is reported that the main
objective of installing this surveillance system is to
prevent smuggling and infiltration operations of the LTTE
exploiting the Gulf of Mannar to Sri Lanka.
Southern
Air Command, Air Vice-Marshal Y.R. Rane after discussing
with the Indian Air Force and Indian Coast Guard officials
addressing the media said that that the new radar has
eight antennae which could cover the entire Gulf of Mannar
region. It had the capability to track objects such as
ships, barges, trawlers, small boats and others in the
Indian territorial waters off Mandapam coast.
Meanwhile
the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police P. Rajendiran
stated that the police have set up 60 additional check
posts along the coastal areas to intensify patrolling
to check infiltration of the LTTE into the state.
Reports
from India said recently that Tamil Nadu Police has now
detained an LTTE agent named Abdul Kareem under the National
Security Act (NSA) who was earlier arrested by the Tamil
Nadu Police for masterminding a secret plan to smuggle
50,000 batteries from India to the LTTE in Sri Lanka
Courtesy
- Government Information