Coast guards found boat without engine at Rameswaram

A boat with its high-speed engine removed was found abandoned near the second sand dune off Dhanushkodi today, Coast Guard officials said.
They suspected that the boat must be brought early this morning though it was not known who had come in it.
Whoever arrived in the boat had studied the Indian Coast Guard and Marine Police's Patrolling system well and "came here safely", an official of the Intelligence wing said.
The boat has been seized and put under custody of the Coast Guard.
Meanwhile, Indian Navy area Commander Nandi declined to elaborate much on the matter but said a boat had been sighted and it was without an engine.

The timing of the arrival of the boat has surprised many officials as security had been tightened both along the Indian and Sri Lankan coast in view of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo later this month.
Besides a general security alert, in view of the threat to the Lord Ramanathaswamy Temple here, was also in force.
According to officials, there was a possibility that some pro-Tamil sympathisers might have come to take part in the unveiling of "Mullaivaikkal Ninaivu Mutram, a memorial for Tamil victims of the 2009 'Eelam war' in Sri Lanka, at Thanjavur yesterday.