A high alert was sounded in Coimbatore on Thursday after intelligence inputs said that six terrorists had entered Tamil Nadu.
“..a group of six LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) terrorists have entered Tamil Nadu through Sri Lanka. The group consists of one Pak National and five Sri Lankan Tamil Muslims,” reads a portion of the alert issued to the officers in Coimbatore.
The alert noted that the group had disguised themselves as Hindus with tilak/bhabuti smeared on foreheads. The notice states that the group is now in Coimbatore.
A report stated that of the six men, one was a Pakistan national named Illyas Anwar and the others were Muslims from Sri Lanka.