Hyderabad, September 08: Seven persons including six Sri Lankan nationals 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 Sri Lankan 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 they also got fake visas with the help of travel agents and planned to go to Paris through Hyderabad.
All the seven persons after preliminary questioning at the RGIA airport by the Immigration officials were handed over to Shamshabad Airport Police for further investigations.
The police had last month busted an international fake visa documents racket with the arrest of five persons including two Sri Lankan nationals who were actively involved in pushing the Sri Lankan Tamilians to European countries on fake visas.
—Agencies