Ploy to 'encircle' India: How Lashkar fanned radicalism in Sri Lanka

The sustained attempts by LeT to build bases in Sri Lanka over the past one-and-a-half decade, as part of a broader design to "encircle" India, may have helped the growth of Islamic groups such as NTJ. India's warnings were perhaps not taken with due seriousness, said sources. LTTE, as per agencies, was the first to provide weapons to Muslim radical elements in SL.

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The sustained attempts by LeT to build bases in Sri Lanka over the past one-and-a-half decade, as part of a broader design to "encircle" India, may have helped the growth of Islamic groups such as NTJ. India's warnings were perhaps not taken with due seriousness, said sources. LTTE, as per agencies, was the first to provide weapons to Muslim radical elements in SL. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J April 23, 2019 at 12:14AM http://bit.ly/2hJjhqE