The revelation, made earlier in some off-the-record briefings by Indian officials, is the first official confirmation by a top security official. The Sri Lankan General said that the purpose of these visits would have been to either train or to establish links with like-minded organisations. Hashim was initially part of Tamil Nadu NTJ. India’s intelligence services are said to have alerted Sri Lankan officials at least three times on April 4, April 11 and two hours before the blasts on April 21. Unfortunately the Sri Lankan authorities did not act on these inputs.

Source: dna May 06, 2019 01:30 UTC