88 Sri Lankan refugees rescued, 5 nabbed for human trafficking

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) has nabbed five persons for alleged human trafficking and rescued 88 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees from their clutches, police said today.

The accused were caught yesterday from a boat parked at the Mangalore Port while they were illegally transporting the refugees, including 22 women and children, to Australia on the pretext of providing them employment, police sources told PTI.

The refugees will be sent back to their camps in Tamil Nadu, police said.