A group of 21 Indian nationals over staying their visas and involved in a betting business via internet were arrested in the Kirulapone area by the Immigration Department, officials said today.
The group arrested were between the age groups of 22 to 36 years.
The arrested persons were move to the detention centre located in Welisara before being deported to India.
The move comes amidst allegation that several foreigners including Chinese too were overstaying their visas and were involved in illegal betting activities as well as cyber crime from Sri Lanka.
The Immigration Department had carried out the raid after keeping them under surveillance.
By T.K.G. Kapila
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
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The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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