Another two persons have been arrested in Bangalore, India for allegedly aiding three Sri Lankans who are accused of committing murders, to leave overseas with forged passports.

The New Indian Express said continuing the investigation into the arrest of three Sri Lankan nationals involved in murder cases, the Indian Central Crime Branch (CCB) team arrested two suspects who were allegedly funding them and making arrangements to send them to a foreign country on Indian passports.

The arrested have been identified as a resident of Chennai, and a resident of Vivekangar in Bangalore.

Police have recovered 5.7 million Indian rupees in cash from the resident of Chennai, who is alleged to be a drug dealer while 65 passports were uncovered from the second individual who is a passport agent.The CCB police had arrested three Sri Lankans from an apartment in Bangalore and investigations had revealed that two of them were involved in contract killings in Sri Lanka and one had five murder cases against him, while the other had four.

Police noted that the accused were arrested based on the information provided by an individual, who sheltered the Sri Lankan nationals in the city.