Safety was tightened alongside the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu on Saturday night following an enter that armed males crusing on a ship from Sri Lanka deliberate to enter the State with a sinister design.
Police sources mentioned the alert was issued by a coastal safety company after a caller from Sri Lanka knowledgeable a police station in Madurai metropolis that the lads in possession of assault rifles have been heading in the direction of the Rameswaram coast.
Investigators have been verifying the caller’s id and attempting to ascertain the id of the suspects whose names got as Ameer, Bharkath and Naseer, the sources mentioned.
Armed guards deployed
Although there was no info on the organisation to which they belonged, the sources mentioned the caller had claimed that the trio conspired to launch an assault. Whereas vigil alongside the coastal districts was stepped up with intensified evening patrolling, armed guards have been deployed at checkpoints on the roads resulting in the coastal belt, the sources mentioned.
The police have been coordinating with coastal safety and intelligence companies to ascertain the veracity of the alert. Random checks have been being carried out in distant buildings alongside the jap shoreline.
Policemen have been in contact with fishermen and members of the village vigilance committees in fishing hamlets to test whether or not they noticed any strangers or got here throughout any suspicious exercise alongside the shoreline within the final 24 hours, the sources mentioned.
Heightened safety preparations have already been in place in Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts forward of the primary loss of life anniversary of dealer Jayaraj and his son Benicks. They died after an alleged assault by policemen on the Sattankulam station final yr.
Police presence alongside the coastal districts of Ramanathapuram and Kanniyakumari was enhanced final week following an enter that hazardous chemical compounds from the Singapore-flagged service provider vessel, X-Press Pearl, that sank off the Colombo coast within the first week of June may get washed ashore, the sources added.