Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jul 24: The case related to the detention of 38 Sri Lankan nationals last month for staying illegally in the country has been handed over to the National Investigating Agency (NIA).
This information was revealed to the media by police commissioner Shashi Kumar on the sidelines of a ceremony here on Saturday July 24.
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On June 11, as many as 38 Sri Lankan nationals were detained under Mangaluru south police station limits over illegal stay in the country. They had entered Tamil Nadu illegally from Sri Lanka and reached Mangaluru in May, and had stayed at two lodges and two houses, claiming themselves to be daily wage and coolie workers and fisherman from Tamil Nadu. They had left from Sri Lanka on March 17 by paying 6 to 10 lac Sri Lankan rupees to an agent in Sri Lanka, who had promised them jobs in Canada.
A case was later filed under relevant IPC sections for human trafficking, cheating, under Passport Act 1967, Foreigners Act 1945 and Foreigners Order 1948.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, the police commissioner said that the case has been handed over to the NIA as per the orders of the union home ministry.
"We have formed a team to assist DSP-rank NIA officer, and as per the order, the local police will help in providing all the logistics and other support needed for investigation. The file has already been handed over to the DSP-rank officer of the NIA," the police commissioner said.