Sri Lankan Navy apprehended thirteen fishermen from Tamil Nadu today morning when they were fishing near Kodiakarai. The fishermen were taken to Kankesanthurai for questioning.
Sri Lankan Navy apprehended thirteen fishermen from Nagai and Rameswaram when they were fishing near Kodiakarai. The Lankan Navy also detained two fishing boats. Local fishermen urge the immediate release of 35 fishermen from Tamil Nadu languishing in Lankan jail.
Earlier Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapady K Palanisamy had urged prime Minister Narendra Modi to secure the release of Tamil fishermen and their 120 fishing boats from Sri Lankan custody. Sri Lanka releases fishermen on humanitarian grounds but detains their fishing boats as deterrent measure.