The Q Branch Police team arrested a Sri Lankan national near Rameswaram railway station on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
After interrogations conducted at the local police station here on Thursday, the police arrested the foreigner and his accomplice hailing from Rameswaram.
A senior officer told reporters on Friday that J. Keerthikan (28) of Jaffna, Sri Lanka had been to Chennai in 2020 on a tourist visa. He had reportedly planned to migrate to United Kingdom with the help of some “contacts” in Chennai. However, it did not materialise. In the process, his visa had expired.
