Jayalalithaa's action comes against the backdrop of her vociferous opposition to India training Sri Lankan military personnel not only in Tamil Nadu but also anywhere else in the country, saying the Lankan forces had committed war crimes against Tamils in the island nation.
The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief also slammed the Centre for allowing the Sri Lankan football team play matches in Tamil Nadu.
Jayalalithaa said she had received information that an official of Royal College of Colombo had called up an officer at Reserve Bank of India in Chennai seeking to make arrangements for some Sri Lankan football players to play friendly ties in Chennai.
Accordingly, they played the match with the customs department on August 31 and coming to know this, she said, she had directed a complete probe. "It came to be known that the RBI officer approached the (said) stadium officer who gave oral approval for the match," she said.
Jayalalithaa said she had also directed eight students of a Sri Lankan school who had come for a tournament with a city-based school and their coach to be sent back.
The CM criticised the Centre for allowing the Sri Lankan football team to land in India despite paying no heed to her earlier pleas including imposing sanctions on Sri Lanka till Tamils in the camps were rehabilitated on par majority Sinhalas.
She recalled the Tamil Nadu Assembly had passed a resolution in this regard.
The ruling AIADMK and other political parties in Tamil Nadu, including key United Progressive Alliance ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, have been strongly voicing their opposition to Lankan military men being trained in India.
Speaking in unison last week, they had condemned the Centre's stand on continued training of Sri Lankan military, after Minister of State for Defence Pallam Raju said the training would go on.
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