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Lankan woman holding Indian passport held before boarding flight to Colombo

The Immigration authorities while checking doubted the passenger when she spoke Tamil in Sri Lankan dialect.

DTNEXT Bureau

MADURAI: Umavathi, a Sri Lankan woman, who held an Indian passport, was arrested at Madurai airport on Saturday, while she was on her way to board a Colombo bound flight, sources said.

The Immigration authorities while checking doubted the passenger when she spoke Tamil in Sri Lankan dialect. After inquiring, the authorities found that she had married a man from Pudur, Madurai in 2015.

Apart from her original Sri Lankan passport, she used her marriage certificate to obtain an Aadhaar card, PAN card and a driving license in India. She also availed the Indian passport without legally having the citizenship.

The authorities then handed over the woman to Avaniyapuram police, who filed a case under The Passports Act.

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