Four Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, including a pregnant woman, who arrived off Dhanushkodi coast in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu by an illegal ferry service on Thursday were arrested, PTI reported.
The refugees reached Arichalmunai near Dhanushkodi from Sri Lanka by paying Rs 30,000 as ferry charge, marine police said.
The refugees confessed that they had come for medical treatment. Police said they were arrested under the Passport Act. Investigation is on, they added.
On February 5, an 18-foot-long Sri Lankan boat was found abandoned at Kambipaadu off Dhanushkodi coast with police suspecting the arrival of at least six people, either smugglers or illegal immigrants, by it.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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