After a hiatus of about four months, four persons including two children, of a family from Sri Lanka, arrived on Indian shores, landing at the Dhanushkodi islet on Friday (March 29, 2024) night.
On receiving information, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) personnel intercepted and brought the family of Sri Lankan Tamils to Mandapam, and handed them over to the Marine Police on Saturday, March 30.
Preliminary inquiries revealed that a refugee who identified himself as R. Muruganathan (45) of Mannar district in Sri Lanka, had been in India in 1990. He had come through Rameswaram and lived at the refugee camp in Anaiyur in Madurai city, and thenleft for Sri Lanka in 2017. His wife, Rita Mary (46) had also been here in 1990 and lived at the refugee camp in Sivaganga and Devakottai. She had also left for Sri Lanka in 2017.
