New Delhi, July 30 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has appointed advocate Sindhu Ravishankar as Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) to conduct the trial in a National Investigation Agency (NIA) case related to an alleged Sri Lankan drug mafia syndicate, narcotics and arms trafficking, and cryptocurrency networks aimed at reviving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, in India and Sri Lanka.

Sindhu will conduct trials in the case on behalf of the NIA before the Ernakulam court in Kerala for a period of three years or till the completion of the trial of the case or till the satisfaction of the Central anti-terror agency.

The Ministry exercised the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 1...