New Delhi, Nov. 10 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today conveyed to DMK chief M Karunanidhi that he was "equally concerned" at attacks on Sri Lanka's Tamils and assured he would discuss the issue with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee so that it could be resolved urgently with the island nation.

Singh gave the assurance to Union Shipping Minister T R Baalu, who met him on behalf of the DMK leader to seek "immediate appropriate intervention" by India to end "unprovoked and indiscriminate offensive of the Sri Lankan Army against innocent Sri Lankan Tamils".

Baalu handed over a copy of a statement issued by Karunanidhi, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, on the recent "shocking rampage" by the Sri Lankan Army against hundreds of Tamils in Sri Lanka.

According to a statement issued by Baalu's office, the Prime Minister told him to convey to Karunanidhi that "he was equally concerned over this human tragedy". The Prime Minister said he would discuss the issue with Mukherjee and the foreign secretary to "try to solve the issue urgently with the government of Sri Lanka".

Baalu briefed the Prime Minister about the recent bombing of a refugee camp at Mattakallapu in northern Sri Lankan by the army which, he alleged, resulted in the death of hundreds of civilian Tamil refugees and children.

This, Baalu said, had shocked the Tamil community across the world.