Sri Lanka has found no evidence to suggest that its territory is being used by terror group LeT to train terrorists. Minister of External Affairs G. L. Peiris said. He said there is no merit in such claims.
Earlier, one of the accused in the Pune bakery blast case had said LeT operatives were being trained in Sri Lanka. “The matter was brought to our notice. It was examined by our defence authorities but we have not found anything to establish it,” Peiris told TOI, adding that the two countries were involved in an intelligence sharing mechanism to prevent any such activity.
Indian security agencies had taken up with their Lankan counterparts about the disclosure made by the Pune bakery blast accused. Though the training was said to have taken place in an area close to Colombo, Lankan authorities denied this citing heavy presence of security personnel in the area.