Chennai, Jan 28 (UNI) Police have busted an international gang of network allegedly involved in raising funds for reviving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with the arrest of a Sri Lankan woman National recently. Acting on information from the Tamil Nadu Government that +Q+ Branch CID police, dealing with cases of extremism and terrorism, have registered a case and are investigating, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has re-registered a case and has taken up the probe. The Union Home Ministry has directed the NIA to take up the probe considering the gravity of the case. The Lankan women Letchumanan Mary Francisco (51) was detained by the immigration authorities at the Chennai airport recently and handed over to the 'Q' Branch police, who arrested her and remanded in custody. She had moved to Canada several years ago and became a permanent resident there. She was intercepted at the Chennai Airport when she was about to board a flight to Mumbai after authorities found that she was having an Indian passport obtained with fake documents. During questioning, she revealed how the accused persons operating from European countries deployed operatives to draw huge money from dormant accounts using fake identities/documents. They have also launched a manhunt to arrest four others, said to be part of an international network of former members or sympathasisers of LTTE, involved in the case, the FIR registered by NIA said. Based on the information provided by her, searches has been intensified to arrest Kenniston Fernando, K.Baskaran, Johnson Samuel and L. Sellamuthu, who were absconding. The NIA has registered cases against them under Secs 18, 39 and 40 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, Secs 12 (l)(b), 12(1A)(a) of the Passports Act, 1967, Sec 14 (a) of Foreigners Amendment Act, 2004 and under Secs 120(B), 420, 465, 468, 471 r/w 109 of the IPC. The FIR was filed for offences relating to creating multiple Indian identity documents and Indian Passport by submitting forged documents, and using those fake documents to withdraw money from Indian Overseas Bank, Mumbai Fort branch for utilizing it to further the activities of LTTE a proscribed terrorist organization as per Schedule I of the UA(P) Act, 1967. The Central Government has received information from the Tamil Nadu Government Nadu that Q Branch have registered cases under Passport Act, Foreigners Act and under IPC for possession of Indian Passport obtained fraudulently, and further probe by the Tamil Nadu Police revealed involvement of active cadres of LTTE. An alteration report was filed before the Alandur Judicial Magistrate Court-1 and sections of law were altered to 120-B, 420, 465, 468, 471of IPC r/w 109 IPC, Secs 12(1)(b), 12(1A)(a) of Passport Act 1967 r/w 420, 465, 468,471 of IPC r/w l4(a) of Foreigners Amendment Act 2004 and Secs 18, 39 and 40 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 and the case was transferred from Alandur JM-1 Court Principal District Session Court, Chengalpattu. The Central Government is of the opinion that a Scheduled Offence under the NIA Act, 2OO8 has been committed and having regard to the gravity of the offence, it is required to be investigated by the NIA in accordance with the NIA Act, 2008. The Union Home Ministry through an order issued on January 17 this year as per provision of sub-section (a) of section 6 read with section 8 of the NIA Act, 2008, has directed NIA to take up investigation of the case. UNI GV 1238