Two Sri Lankans held in fake passport scam in Hyderabad

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Hyderabad, June 2 (TOI) : During the ongoing probe into Sri Lankan refugees illegally obtaining Indian passports, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials on Saturday arrested two Sri Lankan nationals and an Indian agent who provided the passports.

CID officials said that the foreign nationals — Varuniya Thiruvanavukkarasu and Sanjika — were arrested along with Priya Dharmalingam from Tamil Nadu.

“Priya acted as a mediator and facilitated 21 Sri Lankan nationals in obtaining Indian passports in connivance with passport agents,” police said.

The agency started probe in January.

So far, police has arrested 26 persons — 16 agents, 6 policemen, an employee of passport seva kendra and three Sri Lankan nationals.

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Bad influence of Indian buddies Sunday, 02 June 2024 01:13 PM

These two guys were honest while they living in Lanka. SO, how come they are caught up in this fraud? Is it the Indian influence that corrupted them? Or somebody has tried to bring out their natural talent?

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Shera Sunday, 02 June 2024 06:25 PM

Sri Lanka has a wonderful international reputation for fraud related to visas, passport, banking and finances. Top to bottom. Irreversibly damaged. You only realize how bad it is when you live abroad.

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Mandayan Monday, 03 June 2024 12:20 AM

In the 80s and 90s lots of Indians obtained Sri Lankan passports to travel and claimed asylum as Sri Lankan Tamil refugees!!

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