Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu): Two Sri Lankan nationals who were accused of murdering one of their relatives in the homeland were held here after sneaking into India illegally. Reports say the duo committed the crime over a property dispute in Colombo and escaped to India

Acting on intelligence inputs, police nabbed Singha Chirandha and Sapras from VIP Nagar near Ramanathapuram, about 45 km from here.

According to the police, two Indian nationals Riyaz and Mohammed Gayoom -- with whom the Sinhalese men were staying here, were also arrested.

Fearing arrest in their country, the Sinhalese men fled and reached Rameswaram recently by an illegal ferry.

Later, they had reached Ramathapuram where they were staying with the locals, who belonged to Sethu Nagar near here, police said adding the Lankan duo was being interrogated, reported PTI.