Colombo: Sri Lankan police have arrested at least 200 foreigners, most of whom are Indians, for allegedly being involved in online financial scams, a media report said on Saturday.

The Criminal Investigation Department also found that the funds obtained through such fraud have been deposited in bank accounts in the UK, Dubai and India.

News portal NewsFirst.lk quoted Criminal Investigation Department officials as saying that those arrested included Chinese, Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Nepalese nationals but the majority of them were Indian nationals.

About 400 computers used by the suspects are being examined.

Earlier on Friday, police spokesperson SSP Nihal Thalduwa said around 60 Indians were arrested from Colombo suburbs Madiwela and Battaramulla and the western coastal city of Negombo on Thursday.

CID had conducted simultaneous raids in these areas, in which 135 mobile phones and 57 laptops were seized.

The action was a result of a complaint by a victim who was lured with the promise of cash for social media interactions in a WhatsApp group.

Police had said the arrests revealed international links between Dubai and Afghanistan, while the victims included both locals and foreigners.