Techie wanted by Andhra cops held

The arrested was identified as Rangaprasad, a software engineer from Ongole in Andhra Pradesh. A case was registered based on a complaint from a woman, who is his relative, said sources.

After Rangaprasad came to know that police are searching for him, he fled the country. Following this, the Ongole district SP sent a lookout circular (LOC) against him to all the airports across the country.

When Rangaprasad landed in Chennai from Kuwait on Friday, immigration officials checked his travel documents and found that he was wanted by Andhra police. Later, on information, a police team from Ongole reached Chennai and arrested Rangaprasad.

Gold seized from SL woman Meanwhile, Customs officials arrested a 30-year-old Sri Lankan woman and seized 645 grams of gold worth Rs 19 lakh on Friday morning. Komala from Colombo in Sri Lanka, who landed in the city on SriLankan Airlines on a tourist visa, had hidden a gold chain and gold biscuits in her clothes, said officials. Customs officials also arrested Ahmed Khan (43), who came to board a flight to Dubai, for hiding Riyals worth Rs 19.5 lakh.

The CCB arrested a 37-year-old man who tried to board a flight to Kuala Lumpur using a fake passport. The arrested was identified as P Shanmugam of Pudukkottai.