The Sri Lankan Navy on Friday arrested 33 Indian fishermen, accusing them of crossing their aspect of the worldwide maritime border between the 2 nations.
4 days in the past, fishermen set out on nation boats from Pamban North Fishing Port to fish close to South Mannar. The Sri Lankan navy, which was on patrol, rounded them up and arrested them, claiming that they had crossed the maritime border.
The Sri Lankan Navy additionally seized 4 boats belonging to fishermen Charles, Sousse, Ranjan and Alex. The arrested fishermen have been taken to Kalpati Naval Camp.
After enquiry, the fishermen can be handed over to the Fisheries Division authorities in Puttalam.
Simply 4 days in the past, 22 fishermen have been arrested by the Lankan Navy for allegedly crossing the maritime border.
The fishermen have been caught fishing in deep waters between India and Sri Lanka and their two mechanized boats have been seized by the Sri Lankan navy, the Tharuvaikulam Fishermen’s Affiliation mentioned.
Tamil Nadu BJP president Ok Annamalai took cognizance of the incident and met Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar together with representatives of the fishermen neighborhood.
Jaishankar mentioned after the assembly that mandatory measures could be taken to resolve the matter.
