CHENNAI: A mother and daughter from Sri Lanka, who entered the country using fake Indian passports, were arrested on Monday.

When Immigration officials were checking the documents of passengers who arrived from Colombo on Monday night, they found a 48-year-old woman and her 21-year-old daughter carrying Indian passports with a Chennai address.

The duo claimed that they had visited Sri Lanka on a tourist visa. Upon suspicion, both were detained for questioning. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that both were from Sri Lanka and had been staying illegally in Chennai for the last few years.

They had used forged documents to obtain ID proofs in India, and also fake Indian passports. Officers arrested the duo and handed them over to the CCB in Chennai, which has opened a probe on the person who helped them get the fake passports.