A senior official of India's Intelligence Bureau has accused Tamil Nadu police officers of turning a blind eye to Tamil refugees leaving refugee camps and moving to Kerala.
The official is quoted as saying,
"The Tamil Nadu police are turning a blind eye on Lankan Tamils moving from refugee camps to Kerala. It's not possible for refugees in such large numbers to avoid detection of the police. We strongly believe that the Tamil Nadu police are discreetly allowing refugees to come to Kerala,"
"We have communicated the matter to the Tamil Nadu police as we cannot believe that the refugees have travelled to Kerala without coming under the scanner of the Tamil Nadu intelligence wing,"
The comments came as 151 Tamil refugees were arrested by Kerala police by the coast.
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