Fourteen Sri Lankan nationals held here in connection with the human trafficking case boarded the flight to Colombo from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Saturday morning, as part of the deportation under the Foreigners Act.
Another Sri Lankan, included among those to be deported, could not board the flight owing to an issue over the passport. The Kollam District Collector had issued orders to deport 15 Sri Lankan nationals of Tamil origin.
All 15 were acquitted from the case as victims by the Kollam First Class Magistrate Court II on August 18.
Fourteen of them were lodged in Gandhi Bhavan, Pathanapuram, while a woman identified as Muthumala was staying in a private lodge.
She was out on bail after the court acquitted her and was not under the protection of the district administration. Sakthikulangara SI Rupesh Raj said that one of the Sri Lankans, identified as Kanakaselvam, could not travel back as he had not retrieved his passport, which was surrendered in the court.
30/09/12 New Indian Express/IBN Live
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Another Sri Lankan, included among those to be deported, could not board the flight owing to an issue over the passport. The Kollam District Collector had issued orders to deport 15 Sri Lankan nationals of Tamil origin.
All 15 were acquitted from the case as victims by the Kollam First Class Magistrate Court II on August 18.
Fourteen of them were lodged in Gandhi Bhavan, Pathanapuram, while a woman identified as Muthumala was staying in a private lodge.
She was out on bail after the court acquitted her and was not under the protection of the district administration. Sakthikulangara SI Rupesh Raj said that one of the Sri Lankans, identified as Kanakaselvam, could not travel back as he had not retrieved his passport, which was surrendered in the court.
30/09/12 New Indian Express/IBN Live
