Chennai: A bishop and five priests from Kerala were arrested by the Tamilnadu crime branch CID (CB-CID) in Tirunelveli in connection with an illegal sand mining case.
They were later produced before a local court in connection with illegal sand mining from Tamirabarani river.
The case had been earlier transferred to the CB-CID for probe by the Madras High Court and already one person has been arrested in this connection.
Bishop Samuel Mar Irenios and priests George Samuel, Shaji Thomas, Jijo James, Jose Chamakala and Jose Kalaviyal of the Syro-Malankara diocese of Pathanamthitta have been arrested and remanded in judicial custody.