Fishermen issue: India to do tit-for-tat

3 November 2015 04:39 am

Indian Shipping Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pon Radhakrishnan has said that India would also fine Sri Lankan fishermen if Sri Lankan government imposes heavy fines on Indian fishermen for poaching in its territorial waters.

“If reports of the Sri Lankan government wanting to heavily fine Indian fishermen who transgressed into its territorial waters are true, the Indian government too may have to take similar measures,” Mr. Radhakrishnan has told the reporters after meeting with DMK leader M. Karunanidhi in Chennai, the Hindu reported.