Sri Lankan Navy Arrests 9 Tamil Nadu Fishermen Near Katchatheevu, Seizes Boat

Rameswa am
(Tamil
Nadu),
Aug
13
(PTI)
Ni e
I dia
fishe me
we e
a ested
a d
thei
mecha ised
boat
was
seized
by
the
S i
La ka
Navy
while
fishi g
off
Katchatheevu,
a
fishe me ‘s
associatio
he e
said
o
Thu sday.

The
seized
mecha ised
boat
belo ged
to
a
local
fishe ma
ide tified
as
Welli gto ,
it
said.

Acco di g
to
local
fishe s,
out
of
mo e
tha
600
mecha ised
boats
ope ati g
f om
Rameswa am,
o ly
ove
300
ve tu ed
i to
the
sea
o
August
12
due
to
pe siste t
fea s
a d
issues
caused
by
the
S i
La ka
Navy.

Save iya
Fishe me
Associatio
P eside t
Sagayam
Save iya
exp essed
deep
co ce
ove
the
ecu i g
dete tio s,
oti g
that
this
was
the
thi d
boat
captu ed
by
the
isla d
atio ‘s
avy
i
the
last
o e
a d
a
half
mo ths.

“The
S i
La ka
Navy
i te cepted
the
boat
a d
a ested
i e
fishe me .
It
is
dist essi g
that
both
the
Ce t al
a d
State
gove me ts
a e
emai i g
i diffe e t
to
this
issue,”
Sagayam
told
PTI
Videos.

Seeki g
immediate
i te ve tio
of
both
the
U io
a d
State
gove me ts
to
secu e
the
p ompt
elease
of
the
app ehe ded
fishe s
a d
thei
vessels,
he
wa ed
that
the
fishi g
commu ity
would
be
fo ced
to
lau ch
the
ext
phase
of
p otests
if
swift
steps
we e
ot
take .

Refe i g
to
political
assu a ces,
the
associatio
leade
stated
that
while
the
cu e t
Tamil
Nadu
gove me t
had
p omised
to
esolve
the
S i
La ka
ma itime
issue
a d
p eve t
a ests
upo
comi g
to
powe ,
dete tio s
co ti ue
u abated
ega dless
of
which
gove me t
is
i
powe .

He
called
o
autho ities
to
i te ve e
a d
e su e
that
fishe me
a e
allowed
to
ca y
out
t aditio al
fishi g
activities
i
the
Katchatheevu
egio
without
ha assme t.

Sagayam
also
suggested
that
esumi g
bilate al
talks
betwee
fishe me
ep ese tatives
of
I dia
a d
S i
La ka,
as
was
co ducted
i
the
past,
would
be
highly
be eficial
i
esolvi g
the
o goi g
c isis.
PTI
JR
JR
ROH

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