Two LTTE rebels arrested in Chennai

CHENNAI - Four people, including two Tamil Tigers from Sri Lanka, were arrested here Saturday, Tamil Nadu Police sources said.

The four men were arrested from the southeastern suburb of Thiruvanmiyur early in the morning and were being questioned by the Q branch - the anti-extemism wing of the police, they said.

The four men were identified as Jayanthan, 27, Guhan, 24, Jayanathan, 29 and Babu, 29. It wasn’t immediately clear who the two Tamil Tigers were.

They were nabbed for their activities relating to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), police said.