The National Investigation Agency in India, in its probe into conspiracy around the revival of LTTE, has found that Sri Lankan drug kingpin C Gunashekaran alias Guna had transferred illegal drug funds to the associates of Karachi-based notorious arms and drugs trafficker Haji Salim
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing into a conspiracy to revive the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has found that Sri Lankan drug kingpin C Gunashekaran alias Guna had transferred illegal drug funds to the associates of Karachi-based notorious arms and drugs trafficker Haji Salim, people familiar with the matter said.
The agency has discovered documentary and digital evidence — including crypto transactions, mobile data, and financial records linking Guna to cross-border drug trafficking, hawala networks, and LTTE’s operations — to prove there was a larger conspiracy to revive the proscribed outfit both in India and Sri Lanka, the people added.
NIA made the submissions before a court on October 17 while opposing a discharge plea filed by Guna, who was arrested along with nine other Sri Lankan nationals in Tamil Nadu in December 2022 in connection with the LTTE revival conspiracy case.
“On March 15, 2022, Guna and Pushparajah alias Pookutti Kanna, another drug mafia from Sri Lanka, organised a meeting at a special detention camp in Trichy with other accused. They acted with a common criminal intention “to raise huge funds and arms through the illicit narcotic drugs trafficking and arms trade with the association of Haji Salim, a notorious drugs and arms trafficker of the neighbouring country to India and Sri Lanka for the revival of the proscribed terrorist organisation LTTE in India and Sri Lanka,” an officer requesting anonymity said, referring to NIA submission before the court.
(Hindustan Times)
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