Seven Sri Lankan Tamils registered as refugees in a camp have been arrested when they attempted to go back to their country illegally from nearby
Thangachimadam coastal village.
Acting on a tip-off that 13 refugees from the Mandapam camp near here were planning to return to Sri Lanka, the local police kept a vigil on Thangachimadam coast and nabbed seven refugees on Saturday night.
Six others escaped on seeing the police, they said.