An Indian fisherman has filed a private complaint against the BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy accusing him of causing damage to property due to the damage inflicted on Indian fishing vessels by the Sri Lankan navy.
R. C. Kuppan, a fisherman from Nochikuppam filed the complaint on Monday, seeking Rs 100 crore in compensation on behalf of the 102 boats owners.
“I was assuming that the Sri Lankan government was solely responsible for the attacks. But while watching a debate on a Tamil TV channel, I saw Swamy himself confessing that it was he who advised the Sri Lankan government to seize the boats of the Indian fishermen,” Kuppan told Express News Service.
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