51 Year Old Man Arrested By U.K. Anti-terrorist Squad in Connection with LTTE

Arunachalam Chrishanthakumar, alias A.C.Shanthan (51) the de-facto leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the United Kingdom has been re-arrested in connection with terrorist funding and procurement activities, according to Wiltshire Police sources.

The 51 year old man was arrested by the anti-terrorist units of the metropolitan Police together with Wiltshire Police at Swindon in the Wiltshire Constabulary, yesterday (May 6) at 6 am during a pre-dawn raid.

He was re-arrested after three more people were taken for questioning on April 29. Shanthan was arrested originally on June 28, 2007, before being released on bail with Golden Lambert later on November 22, 2007.

Shanthan was alleged to have been operating with Anton Balasingham very closely to build up the outfit in London. He was brought to a London Police station for further questioning.

He is expected to be produced at a court soon.

Source: Government of Sri Lanka

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