RAMANATHAPURAM: In a late night operation on Tuesday, the ‘Q’ Branch police arrested Ungu alias Jeyaratnam, a Sri Lankan national, from Seeniappa Dharga near here.
A clandestine ferry service operator and smuggler who has been absconding for several years, he has been charged under the Passport Act. Ungu alias Jeyaratnam (39), son of Vediramu of Pesalai in Mannar district, was seen near the shore in a suspicious manner when a team of Q Branch personnel were patrolling there. He started running when they approached him but was overpowered. P. Mahendran, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Q Branch, told The Hindu that Jeyaratnam was an agent for
transporting refugees.
He owned two fibreglass boats and had ferried more than 15,000 refugees from Sri Lanka to India since 1997, according to a rough estimate.
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