Security tightened after infiltration alert

Security 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 stated the alert was issued by a coastal safety company after a caller from Sri Lanka knowledgeable a police station in Madurai metropolis that the boys in possession of assault rifles have been heading in the direction of the Rameswaram coast.

Investigators have been verifying the caller’s identification and making an attempt to determine the identification of the suspects whose names got as Ameer, Bharkath and Naseer, the sources stated.

Armed guards deployed

Though there was no data on the organisation to which they belonged, the sources stated the caller had claimed that the trio conspired to launch an assault. While vigil alongside the coastal districts was stepped up with intensified night time patrolling, armed guards have been deployed at checkpoints on the roads resulting in the coastal belt, the sources stated.

The police have been coordinating with coastal safety and intelligence companies to determine the veracity of the alert. Random checks have been being performed in distant buildings alongside the japanese shoreline.

Policemen have been in contact with fishermen and members of the village vigilance committees in fishing hamlets to examine whether or not they noticed any strangers or got here throughout any suspicious exercise alongside the shoreline within the final 24 hours, the sources stated.

Heightened safety preparations have already been in place in Thoothukudi and Tirunelveli districts forward of the primary dying 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.