Overstaying foreign fortune tellers arrested

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Four Indian nationals, who were illegally remaining in the country while working as fortune tellers by violating their visa regulations, were nabbed by the Department of Immigration and Emigration yesterday in Mannar.

Officials of the Department’s Investigation Division carried out several raids in Mannar and seized three male Indian nationals and one female.

Out of those arrested three persons including the female were working as astrologers who had made their living through soothsaying and performing bogus black magic. The other male had reportedly been engaged in the fisheries trade.

According to Immigration Assistant Controller Ports M G V Kariyawasam, all four foreigners had arrived in the country on short-stay tourist visas a couple of months ago and had overstayed.

The foreigners, who were between the ages of 30 – 36, were to be removed from the country on the instructions of Immigration and Emigration Controller General Nihal Ranasinghe. (Kurulu Koojana Kariyakarawana)

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Shibly Friday, 23 March 2018 08:36 AM

They should be branded as 'misfortune' tellers, coz they didn't know what is their fate, in the first place if they overstayed in Sri Lanka - what a joke!

zayir2418 Friday, 23 March 2018 08:40 AM

Could not predict their own fortune !

lkboy Friday, 23 March 2018 01:54 PM

Best comment!

Dr.Raghav Sharma Friday, 23 March 2018 08:50 AM

Never ending madness. Did they (fortune tellers) predict their arrest before?

suresh Friday, 23 March 2018 09:24 AM

oh the irony...

macapaal Friday, 23 March 2018 12:25 PM

For overstaying they should fined, jailed and later deported. only then the other Indians will get the message clear that if they overstay they will have to pay a fine.

Jan Friday, 23 March 2018 12:49 PM

May be they are support staff of a politician.

Mandayan Friday, 23 March 2018 02:43 PM

Wonder why they target Lankans either here or abroad. But from RW, MS and MR all goes to India to seek their fortune.

kakopappa Friday, 23 March 2018 03:09 PM

These people should be monitored and questioned. I have seen some of these people are working for RAW

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