India's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has arrested a DMK party councillor of a local commune panchayat and three others for allegedly attempting to send some Sri Lankan Tamil refugees to a foreign country.
Addressing the media, the Senior Superintendent of Police V J Chandran has said the CID police acting on a tip arrested the DMK councillor of Ariyankuppam commune panchayat Sakthivel and three others.
The refugees are suspected to be from camps in Tamil Nadu as there are no refugee camps in the area.
The Sri Lankan Tamil refugees were being carried in a boat, allegedly owned by the councilor, from Thengaithittu fishing harbor on October 04, Indian media reported.
According to preliminary investigations by the police Ramu a Sri Lankan Tamil in Chennai, contacted the DMK councillor to purchase a boat to send Tamils illegally. The councilor has offered his boat through his accomplices Logu Ayappan of Ariyankuppam, Jeeva of Vaithikuppam and Kannan of Veerampattinam in Puducherry who have loaded the boat with fuel and kept ready.
According to the police, the refugees were sought to be transported to Australia. A detailed investigation would be carried out and all the four suspects would be remanded to custody, SP Chandran has said.
Source:http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10B/Oct08_1286552901CH.php
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