A court in India has sentenced two individuals, who were accused of trying to revive the LTTE by procuring cyanide capsules.
The two men, K Krishnakumar and V Subashkaran were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the District Judge A Kayalvizhi, The Hindu reported.
Mr Krishnakumar was the prosecution said found to be in possession of 600gm of cyanide powder and 75 cyanide capsules on July 20, 2015.
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