New reports emerge from India on LTTE’s legality case in UK

India has told the UK that the ban of LTTE or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam should continue. dnaindia.com reported.

It also said that New Delhi has “shared information” as to why the ban should remain on the group that was responsible for the 30-year long insurgency in Sri Lanka but also the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa.

The development comes after Britain’s Proscribed Organizations Appeal Commission (POAC) in October removed terror tag from the group.

Earlier on Tuesday, in response to a WION question, Acting British High Commissioner to India Jan Thompson on if India has raised the issue said: “Can’t comment on individual conversations we had. But we had detailed discussion on a range of issues including around this type of issue with Indian govt in a different format.”

In a previous statement, Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry said: “The government of Sri Lanka has sufficient evidence to prove that the remnants of the LTTE and groups aligned with its terrorist ideology are active in foreign countries, working to incite violence and destabilize the country.

“Sri Lanka remains vigilant of threats to its national security as well as that of the region, and will always support members of the international community in the global fight against terrorism.”