The Indian media reports that 03 Sri Lankan criminals who were allegedly involved in 11 murders and an Indian who provided them with assistance and shelter, who were illegally staying in India, were arrested by the Indian Central Criminal Investigation Department yesterday (23) in an apartment house in Yelahanka, Bangalore. (Sri Lanka Latest News)
The apartment was raided on a tip-off and the three were arrested after confirming that they were illegal immigrants.
Unconfirmed media had first reported that three LTTE-linked people had been arrested in Bangalore.
But in the investigation of these persons who cannot speak Tamil, it has been revealed that they are three Sri Lankan criminals residing in Gampaha, Kaduwela and Colombo areas.
According to Indian media reporting on this, Kasun Kumara Sanka, a resident of Gampaha, Amila Nuvan, a resident of Kaduwela, and Ranga Prasad, a resident of Colombo, have been arrested.
The Indian Central Criminal Investigation Department has revealed that among these three people who are in their 30s, Amila Nuvan has five murder cases, Kasun Kumara Sanka has 04 murder cases, and Ranga Prasad of Colombo area has 02 murder cases.
It has been revealed that these criminals, who sneaked into India via Rameswaram in a fishing boat in the first week of August, have reached Bangalore by land route. They were accommodated in a rented flat in the city by 42-year-old Jai Paramesh, now out on bail after being charged with murder.
Police seized 53 items including 13 mobile phones from the arrested Sri Lankans.
Jai Paramesh, who sheltered the three, has also been arrested on charges of harboring a criminal and involvement in criminal conspiracy.
In this regard, the Indian Central Crime Investigation Bureau has also registered a case at the Yelahanka Police Station.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) SD Sharanappa has said that these three Sri Lankans who entered India illegally through the Rameswaram route could be Sri Lanka’s most wanted criminals.
