Sri Lanka, Nov. 14 -- India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a wanted suspect in a human trafficking case involving Sri Lankan nationals, following his return from Sri Lanka, where he had been detained under an INTERPOL Red Notice.

The suspect, identified as Pudumadam Imran, was taken into custody at Bengaluru International Airport after being deported from Sri Lanka, according to an NIA statement issued on Friday (13).

Imran, listed as the 15th accused in the case, had allegedly been avoiding arrest over his suspected involvement in a network trafficking Sri Lankan nationals to India.

Investigators allege that he was part of a conspiracy to deceive Sri Lankan citizens with promises of arranging travel to Canada using...