LTTE banned for another two years in India
Under the provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, LTTE has been declared as a ban organization in India and extended its ban for another two years, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram has said.
In a statement he said that in a vide notification dated 14.5.2012, the LTTE was declared to be an ‘Unlawful Association’ for a period of two years, under the provisions of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.
The LTTE, also known as Tamil Tigers, is a terrorists group that has waged a violent campaign against the Sri Lankan government since the latter part of 1970s in order to create a separate Tamil state in the northern and eastern part of the island nation.
The LTTE has been held responsible by Indian court for its involvement in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991 and the group has been banned by India since 1992.
Though the LTTE was physically eradicated from the Sri Lankan soil in May 2009, its international network is still alive and operates safely and disguisedly in the western soil. Therefore, LTTE is recognized as a ban organization across the globe including USA, Canada, Great Britain, EU etc.
The FBI in 2008 listed the LTTE as one of the deadly terror organizations in the world.