Sri Lanka arrests 13 people after India denies them entry - Daily Excelsior

COLOMBO, Sep 7: Thirteen Sri Lankans, including a woman, were arrested after they returned to the island following their failed attempt to enter India last week, police said on Monday.The arrested individuals, holding Sri Lankan passports, had boarded a passenger ferry from Kankesanthurai in the country's north to India on September 5, alongside 100 other travellers.At immigration at Nagapattinam port in Tamil Nadu, they were denied entry and sent back to the island, where Lankan police arrested them.Police said all 13 suspects, including the 36-year-old woman, are unemployed.They are being questioned about links to any illegal activity, police said, adding that the suspects would be produced in court on Monday.The Kankesanthurai-Nagapattinam ferry is a high-speed passenger service connecting Tamil Nadu, India, and Jaffna district in Sri Lanka. The service was resumed after four decades in October 2023. (PTI)