Colombo: An Indian journalist, who was arrested in Sri Lanka while filming a military installation in a former LTTE stronghold, is set to be deported.
Thamil Prabakaran, a 24-year-old Tamil Nadu resident, was handed over to immigration authorities after being quizzed by the police's Terrorism Investigation Division, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said today.
"With his (Prabakaran) arrest, we were able to thwart a plot to carry out disinformation against the country," Rohana claimed.
The man, purportedly attached to a Tamil Nadu publication, was arrested in the former LTTE nerve center of Kilinochchi in the north on Wednesday.
He had shot film of a military camp, a road and buildings devastated during the ethnic war. Police said the man had arrived in Sri Lanka on a tourist visa and had violated visa rules.
Local media described the man as a LTTE sympathiser.
Kilinochchi was the administrative center of the Tamil rebels until January 2009, when Sri Lankan forces recaptured the city.
Thamil Prabakaran, a 24-year-old Tamil Nadu resident, was handed over to immigration authorities after being quizzed by the police's Terrorism Investigation Division, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said today.
"With his (Prabakaran) arrest, we were able to thwart a plot to carry out disinformation against the country," Rohana claimed.
He had shot film of a military camp, a road and buildings devastated during the ethnic war. Police said the man had arrived in Sri Lanka on a tourist visa and had violated visa rules.
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Kilinochchi was the administrative center of the Tamil rebels until January 2009, when Sri Lankan forces recaptured the city.
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