A 24-year-old Sri Lankan was arrested at Arichal Munai off Dhanushkodi on Monday, police said.
Arulraj was taken into custody by the Q branch police and was being interrogated.
The man belonging to Thalaimannar had arrived illegally on the Indian coast by a ferry early in the morning, the police said.
The ferry had dropped him and gone, they said.
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