Lankan refugees nabbed

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The Tamil Nadu police arrested 23 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees from different parts of the State for allegedly trying to flee to Sri Lanka yesterday.

According to police sources, Sahaya Dhasan of Thoothur village in Kanyakumari district and some fishermen in a mechanised boat spotted the stranded Sri Lankan Tamil refugees mid sea as the boat carrying the refugees developed a technical snag.

The fishermen alerted the police and the refugees were brought to the shore along with the boat and later detained at Nithravilai police station. The Superintendent of Police Rajendaran, marine police personnel and the ‘Q' branch police from the district were conducting an enquiry.

The officials came to know that a sum of Indian Rs.5,000 was collected from these Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to drop them at Sri Lanka border. Moreover one person was reported missing from the boat.

The police had registered a case and were further investigating. (The Hindu)

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