In two separate incidents, the Sri Lankan navy arrested a total of 14 Indian fishermen — hailing from Rameswaram and Pamban — and confiscated two boats for allegedly violating the IMBL in the wee hours of Tuesday. All the arrested fishermen have been remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday. With their repeated protests having yielded no result, fishermen leaders claimed… Continue reading "Sri Lanka Navy arrests 14 Tamil Nadu fishermen"
Fifty Tamil Nadu fishermen from Mayiladuthurai, Nagapattinam and Pudukkottai, who were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on different occasions, were released by Lankan courts on Friday. While four other fishermen were fined, one more was jailed. The development comes amid External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s day-long visit to the island nation and a week after Chief Minister M K… Continue reading "50 Tamil Nadu fishers released by Lankan courts"
The Sri Lankan Navy arrested eight Indian fishermen on Monday who had ventured into the sea from Rameswaram along with 430 mechanized boats. The fishermen were reportedly apprehended after crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) while fishing near Dhanushkodi and Thalaimannar. The Sri Lankan Navy patrol boats intercepted them, leading to their arrest and the seizure of their fishing… Continue reading "Eight fishermen from Rameswaram arrested by Sri Lankan Navy"
The Sri Lankan Navy on Tuesday arrested nine Indian fishermen and seized their trawlers for allegedly poaching in its territorial waters, officials said, taking the number of Indian nationals apprehended this year by the island nation in such incidents to 261. The nine fishermen were arrested, and their two trawlers were seized off the coast of Delft islet in the… Continue reading "SL Navy arrests nine fishermen, seizes two boats"
Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday disposed of a public interest litigation petition that sought a direction to the Centre and the State government to take appropriate steps to ensure the release of 26 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities recently on the charges of poaching in the island’s waters, after the… Continue reading "Efforts being made to secure release of fishermen: HC told"