Four more Indian fishermen join the list of fishermen detained by Sri Lankan Navy

Pudukottai, August 9: The Sri Lankan Navy has detained four Indian tamil fishermen along with their boats on Tuesday morning. The fishermen are from the Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu. As recently as July 7, the Sri Lankan army had apprehended another 16 Indian fishermen along with three boats.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, has earlier on written to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to intervene and secure immediate release of the Tamil fishermen and their fishing boats apprehended by the Lankan Navy.

Fishermen from Tamil Nadu protested by standing waist deep in Sea in Rameswaram urging the immediate release of fellow fishermen from Lankan jail. The men are shocked that Sri Lankan navy was apprehending even country boat fishermen.

Jayalaithaa in her letter to Prime Minister Modi sought a lasting solution to the Tamil fishermen issue.

She pointed out that traditional rights of fishing in Palk Bay are being denied for the Indian fishermen as Sri Lankan Navy is apprehending them.

Fifty seven fishermen from Tamil Nadu are languishing in Lankan jail.

Sri Lanka has also impounded 98 fishing boats which are getting damaged over the time.

Sri Lanka normally releases apprehended fishermen as goodwill gesture but fishing boats are detained.

The local fishermen are urging the government to secure the immediate release of fellow fishermen and 94 detained fishing boats.