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When 21 Indians, who arrived in Sri Lanka on tourist visa, started misbehaving, the police arrested them. Sri Lankan authorities have arrested 21 Indian nationals for running computer-operated businesses illegally in the country by violating tourist visa rules. The officers provided this information. A senior immigration official, requesting anonymity, said 21 people aged between 24 and 25, who had come to Sri Lanka on tourist visas, were detained by the Immigration and Migration Department on Wednesday evening.
After preliminary investigation, the department raided a rental house in Negombo city, where the arrested people were found running a computer-operated business. “He rented a house and ran a computer-driven business,” the officer said. “His occupation has not been identified yet.” “We have shifted him to Welisara detention centre,” he said. He will be deported after the investigation is completed.
What are the tourist visa rules?
Under Sri Lankan law, people visiting the country on tourist visas cannot perform any paid or unpaid work. According to the information, under the ongoing pilot project to promote tourism, Indian citizens took advantage of the free visas given by Sri Lanka to people from many countries till March 31. News reports said they arrived in Sri Lanka in February and March on tourist visas.