Four Lankans with forged passports arrested

Four Sri Lankans were arrested from Perambur in North Chennai for allegedly coming to India with fake passports.

Acting on a tip-off, a special police team raided their place of stay and arrested Sivaranjan (22), Gerald Vijayendran (24), both from Jaffna, and Kirilayan (25) and Uma Maheswaran (25) from Trincomalee.

Having travelled with fake passports, Sivarajan and Gerald got themselves registered at the Gummidipoondi police station, while Kirilayan registered at Valasaravakkam police station with different names.

All three had come to the city about 10 months ago. However, Uma Maheswaran, who had arrived here a week ago, was yet to register his name.

Police suspect that he too had come with a fake passport. The special team impounded his passport for further interrogation. Initially, police suspected that the men were members of the LTTE.

The special team was also verifying whether the arrested Lankans had any links with the LTTE or whether they had helped the banned outfit in the past. - Chennai online