<p> Faced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commission office out of Chennai, a media report said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The new location could be Trivandrum in neighbouring Kerala, the Sunday Times said.<br />Threats and intimidation of Sri Lankan nationals and Sri Lankan property have been noted in Chennai.<br /><br />The paper claimed that even the Sri Lankan defence attache based in Chennai had come under harassment.<br /><br />Last week, two Buddhist monks came under attack triggering noisy protests here near the Indian High Commission premises and Sri Lanka's national carrier also suspended flights to Chennai.<br /><br />Top Indian officials here met with senior Buddhist monks to try to allay fears.<br /><br />The protests came as India voted against Sri Lanka alongside the US in a key UN human rights resolution, last week, that called for an independent and credible investigation into allegations of human rights violations towards the end of the island's three-decade civil war against Tamil separatists in 2009. <br /><br />Faced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commission office out of Chennai, a media report said today.<br /><br />The new location could be Trivandrum in neighbouring Kerala, the Sunday Times said.<br />Threats and intimidation of Sri Lankan nationals and Sri Lankan property have been noted in Chennai.<br /><br />The paper claimed that even the Sri Lankan defence attache based in Chennai had come under harassment.<br /><br />Last week, two Buddhist monks came under attack triggering noisy protests here near the Indian High Commission premises and Sri Lanka's national carrier also suspended flights to Chennai.<br /><br />Top Indian officials here met with senior Buddhist monks to try to allay fears.<br /><br />The protests came as India voted against Sri Lanka alongside the US in a key UN human rights resolution, last week, that called for an independent and credible investigation into allegations of human rights violations towards the end of the island's three-decade civil war against Tamil separatists in 2009.</p>
<p> Faced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commission office out of Chennai, a media report said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The new location could be Trivandrum in neighbouring Kerala, the Sunday Times said.<br />Threats and intimidation of Sri Lankan nationals and Sri Lankan property have been noted in Chennai.<br /><br />The paper claimed that even the Sri Lankan defence attache based in Chennai had come under harassment.<br /><br />Last week, two Buddhist monks came under attack triggering noisy protests here near the Indian High Commission premises and Sri Lanka's national carrier also suspended flights to Chennai.<br /><br />Top Indian officials here met with senior Buddhist monks to try to allay fears.<br /><br />The protests came as India voted against Sri Lanka alongside the US in a key UN human rights resolution, last week, that called for an independent and credible investigation into allegations of human rights violations towards the end of the island's three-decade civil war against Tamil separatists in 2009. <br /><br />Faced with growing anti-Sri Lankan sentiments in Tamil Nadu, Colombo may shift its deputy high commission office out of Chennai, a media report said today.<br /><br />The new location could be Trivandrum in neighbouring Kerala, the Sunday Times said.<br />Threats and intimidation of Sri Lankan nationals and Sri Lankan property have been noted in Chennai.<br /><br />The paper claimed that even the Sri Lankan defence attache based in Chennai had come under harassment.<br /><br />Last week, two Buddhist monks came under attack triggering noisy protests here near the Indian High Commission premises and Sri Lanka's national carrier also suspended flights to Chennai.<br /><br />Top Indian officials here met with senior Buddhist monks to try to allay fears.<br /><br />The protests came as India voted against Sri Lanka alongside the US in a key UN human rights resolution, last week, that called for an independent and credible investigation into allegations of human rights violations towards the end of the island's three-decade civil war against Tamil separatists in 2009.</p>