Fraudster and family arrested at BIA

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A Sri Lankan wanted for financial frauds and under a red notice was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport along with his wife and child as they were returning from India, Police said.

The businessman identified as Ahamed Zarim Mohamed, 49 from Colombo 5 , his wife Fathima Farzana Marcub, 43 and 14 year old child were arrested yesterday.

They had left the country illegally by boat in 2021 to India.

There were at least eight court orders preventing them leaving the country by that time over frauds committed in Colombo, Trincomalee and Batticaola .

His family was deported from India. The husband and child had arrived in a flight from India in the afternoon and the wife had arrived in a separate flight later in the night.

They were arrested by the CID and were handed over to the financial frauds section.

The businessman has been accused of defrauding over Rs. 1.6 billion.

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