On Friday (14) six LTTE men were arrested from Chadni Chowk, central Kolkata by Indian special task force. The six are all Sri Lankan Tamils and came to Kolkata four days before from Chennai, the Times of India said. 

 

The police are probing why the six came to Kolkata before the Independent Day celebrations which take place today. Two of them -- Guna Sekharan and Bala Singham are senior leaders of the banned outfit. Police are checking if they came for any operations or for any reconnaissance. 

 

Even the police are interrogating them to find if they had links with the Maoist rebels of India, as there are reports that the Maoists are gradually regrouping in Bengal and have plans to start guerilla warfare in Jungalmahal area of Bengal. 

 

Moreover, the police are also probing if LTTE was supplying arms to the Maoists.

 

There were occasional reports over the past few year on alleged links between the LTTE and the Maoists.

(With inputs from Times of India)