Hyderabad, September 09: Seven persons including six Sri Lankan Tamils were arrested at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) at Shamshabad here today on charges of travelling on fake visas, a senior Immigration Officer said.
A group of six Sri Lankan Tamilians, including one woman, led by an Indian were detained by the Immigration Intelligence Officials when they were about to board an Emirates flight to Paris this morning, the officer said.
Two of the arrested Tamilians hail from Jaffna and others from different parts of Sri Lanka, he said.
During interrogation it was revealed that they came to Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka and obtained Indian passports on fictitious names and wanted to go to Paris in search of employment, he said, adding that they also got fake visas with the help of travel agents and planned to go to Paris through Hyderabad.
-PTI