TAMIL Nadu police have stepped up patrolling and tightened security along the state's coast to prevent possible infiltration of LTTE remnants from Sri Lanka.
"Twelve coastal police stations have been put on high alert," DGP K. P. Jain said on Sunday. He said the government has imported a hi-tech surveillance boat from Greece at a cost of Rs 2.1 crore to bolster coastal patrolling. "The boat has arrived in Chennai and will be pressed into search operations soon," he said.
Meanwhile, the country's counter-terrorism force, the NSG, is gearing up to set up its full-fledged commando unit in Chennai. The NSG commandos would arrive in Chennai next week and would temporarily function at the Police Training College at Ashok Nagar in Chennai, Jain said.
"The government had identified land for a building for the NSG hub and the commando unit would become fully operational by the end of this year. (Courtesy: Daily Mirror)
