Sikhs honour Tamil Tigers  

New Delhi: The government on July 29 admitted in the Rajya Sabha that a function was jointly organised on May 24 last by Sikh “extremist” groups in the UK in which speeches were delivered eulogising ‘Dhanu’, the LTTE assassin of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and participants were urged to follow her example. In a written reply to Dr. Bapu Kaldate, the minister of state for home, M.M. Jacob, said an amount of $ 800 was reportedly collected to be sent to Dhanu’s family members in Sri Lanka through the LTTE leaders based in London. He said the Babbar Khalsa and three different factions of the International Sikh Youth Federation at Gurudwara Har Rai Sahib, West Bromwich, West Midlands, UK, besides representatives of the LTTE attended the function. (PTI)