Four Lankan refugees held for illegally entering India

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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.

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