Two Lankan nationals arrested in fake passport case

Two Sri Lankan nationals have been arrested here on charges of submitting fake passports while applying for visa at the French Consul General Office, police said. The Sri Lankans – a man and a woman – were arrested yesterday and produced before a court here today which remanded them to 15 days’ judicial custody, Superintendent of Police S Ramaraju told PTI. The man was residing in Chennai for some years and the woman in Tiruchirappalli. They posed themselves as a married couple and changed their original names. They presented fake passports for visa to visit France. On a complaint from the Immigration Office here, cases were registered against the duo and they were arrested. PTI