Cops bust human trafficking racket running in Kollam
Intelligence officials in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are homing in on Sri Lankan Tamils who don’t have proper travel documents and papers to reside in the states. Recently, Kerala police arrested 38 Sri Lankan Tamils, including five women and five children, from a lodge in Kollam after a tip-off from TN police.
Doubting their links with terrorist outfit LTTE, they were quizzed by sleuths from the Intelligence Bureau, Tamil Nadu’s Q Branch police and Kerala police. While the women and children were allowed to remain in the lodge, the men were taken to Kollam East Police station. Kollam SP Harshita Attalluri says that we try to make sure that no pro-LTTE activities are taking place in refugee camps.
During interrogation, the arrested men told the police that they were Indian citizens. Unconvinced with their arguments, the cops kept on questioning them. It was then that the real story came out. It’s understood that they had migrated to TN two years back. Of late they came to Kerala. Since then they have been there and looking for opportunities to go abroad. They told their interrogators that they had paid something between Rs 2 lakh and 5 lakh to agents who had promised them a trip to Australia.
Based on the information, the cops arrested one agent Dennis. He revealed that the refugees were due to be ferried in ships bound for Australia. Also, he told the police that earlier around 50 people were trafficked to Australia. Sources say such fake agents are active in the camps. In the name of sending them overseas, they fleece these Sri Lankan Tamils who think that landing in these countries will change their fortune. However, in this case no action was taken against the Sri Lankans. They were allowed to go back to a refugee camp in Rameswaram. Many Lankan Tamil refugees cross the border from TN to Kerala to find work as payment is better compared to other states.
Intelligence officials in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are homing in on Sri Lankan Tamils who don’t have proper travel documents and papers to reside in the states. Recently, Kerala police arrested 38 Sri Lankan Tamils, including five women and five children, from a lodge in Kollam after a tip-off from TN police.
Doubting their links with terrorist outfit LTTE, they were quizzed by sleuths from the Intelligence Bureau, Tamil Nadu’s Q Branch police and Kerala police. While the women and children were allowed to remain in the lodge, the men were taken to Kollam East Police station. Kollam SP Harshita Attalluri says that we try to make sure that no pro-LTTE activities are taking place in refugee camps.
During interrogation, the arrested men told the police that they were Indian citizens. Unconvinced with their arguments, the cops kept on questioning them. It was then that the real story came out. It’s understood that they had migrated to TN two years back. Of late they came to Kerala. Since then they have been there and looking for opportunities to go abroad. They told their interrogators that they had paid something between Rs 2 lakh and 5 lakh to agents who had promised them a trip to Australia.
Based on the information, the cops arrested one agent Dennis. He revealed that the refugees were due to be ferried in ships bound for Australia. Also, he told the police that earlier around 50 people were trafficked to Australia. Sources say such fake agents are active in the camps. In the name of sending them overseas, they fleece these Sri Lankan Tamils who think that landing in these countries will change their fortune. However, in this case no action was taken against the Sri Lankans. They were allowed to go back to a refugee camp in Rameswaram. Many Lankan Tamil refugees cross the border from TN to Kerala to find work as payment is better compared to other states.
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