Desperate LTTE targets Karunanidhi

Desperate LTTE targets Karunanidhi:

• Chennai Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Friday received a death threat allegedly from the banned LTTE, police said. 

• Police said a letter carrying the symbol of the proscribed outfit issuing the death threat was received at Karunanidhi's Gopalpuram residence. 

• Following the threat, security has been stepped up for the Chief Minister, who already is in the “Z plus” category. 

• A case has been filed with the Central crime branch of the city police which is probing the matter. 

• Police officials said the Union Home Ministry had already warned of a terror threat to Karunanidhi from LTTE, which is engaged in what is been termed as the "last ditch battle" in Sri Lanka.

The Indian Express Limited.