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India Urges Lanka to Release TN Fishermen
26 July 2012 06:55 am - 8 - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}
India today urged Sri Lanka to immediately release on humanitarian grounds 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen, arrested on charges of entering the island nation's waters.External Affairs Minister S M Krishna urged the Sri Lankan government to release the fishermen, who were also accused of ramming into Lankan naval ships, on humanitarian basis immediately, official sources said.
Fisheries department officials in Rameswaram had said in Tamil Nadu last week that Sri Lankan Naval personnel allegedly attacked some fishing boats and arrested 23 Tamil Nadu fishermen when they were fishing near Katchatheevu in the Palk Straits.
Rameswaram Fishermen's Association President Emirett had said that the Lankan naval men attacked 20 other fishing boats and seized the fishing nets.
In Sri Lanka, Naval spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya had said that the fishermen were arrested off the coast of Talaimannar for poaching and causing damages to the fishing gear of the Sri Lankan counterparts.
Katchatheevu, an islet, was ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974.
Earlier on July one, ten fishermen from Tamil Nadu were taken into custody by the Lankan Navy for reportedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in their waters but were subsequently ordered to be released by a Mannar court.
Following their arrest, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had shot off a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, expressing concern over "unrelenting, harsh attitude of the Sri Lankan Navy" towards Indian fishermen.
She had also sought the Centre's intervention in securing the release of those arrested by the island republic's navy. (PTI)
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nona G. Thursday, 26 July 2012 07:27 AM
naduwak
P Ranawaka Thursday, 26 July 2012 08:46 AM
Wait until this case is taken up in the court of law on 6th August.
If they broke the law by illigally entering srilanka, then Krishna must hire lawyers in Jaffna to appear on behalf of these fishement to get them released with due procedure.Nodrog Thursday, 26 July 2012 08:57 AM
First release the 12 Lankan fishermen in custody for over 6 months.
roger fedrick Thursday, 26 July 2012 09:05 AM
Why dont you urge your fishermen to remain in your damn waters????????
Calistus Jayatilleke Thursday, 26 July 2012 09:32 AM
Have they now started dictating terms to Sri Lanka relating to action to be taken by its forces in respect of the poachers who never cease to fish in Sri Lankan territorial waters.
Dilum Thursday, 26 July 2012 11:04 AM
Usual Indian tactics.
Saskia Friday, 27 July 2012 06:34 AM
Nobody should occupy others water for fishing and soil for new settlements.
kalum Friday, 27 July 2012 12:53 PM
Oneday Sri lanka and india will have a war.becouse of tamilnadu.they will take kachchative back sure
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