Tamil National Retrieval Troops

Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT) is a Tamil Nationalist group who fought for an independent Tamil homeland and aspired to unite Tamil Nadu and Tamil Eelam to a Greater Tamil Nadu.[1] It is designated as a Terrorist organisation by the Government of India.[2] It remains banned in India as of 2018.[3]


It was founded by P. Ravichandran in the late-1980s and is active in Tamil Nadu and the Karnataka State. TNRT was a small group estimated 30 members. It is accused of smuggling and close links with LTTE and Veerappan.[4] In 1990s its leader Ravichandran was an accused of the murder of Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) general secretary and the 1991 Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)". Satp.org. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Ministry of Home Affairs". Mha.gov.in. 2011-12-07. Archived from the original on 2013-04-25. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
  3. ↑ "List of Banned Organisations". Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI. Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)". ww.satp.org.
  5. ↑ "Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)". www.trackingterrorism.org.


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