The Tamil Nadu chief minister, Jayalalithaa on Monday urged the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, to ensure the release of 15 fishermen currently detained by the Sri Lankan navy, including 9 fishermen arrested at the weekend.
In her latest letter to Mr Modi on the ongoing issue of the Sri Lankan navy detaining fishermen, Ms Jayalalithaa urged him to direct the ministry of external affairs to discuss the matter urgently with Sri Lankan officials.
"I am constrained to write to you yet again to bring to your notice the repeated instances of apprehension of innocent Indian fishermen belonging to the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy," she wrote.
"Five fishermen in a boat from Jegathapattinam and four more in a boat from Kottaipattinam, both in Pudukottai District, have been apprehended along with their boats by the Sri Lankan Navy on the evening of January 30 and taken to Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka," she added.
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In her latest letter to Mr Modi on the ongoing issue of the Sri Lankan navy detaining fishermen, Ms Jayalalithaa urged him to direct the ministry of external affairs to discuss the matter urgently with Sri Lankan officials.
"I am constrained to write to you yet again to bring to your notice the repeated instances of apprehension of innocent Indian fishermen belonging to the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy," she wrote.
"Five fishermen in a boat from Jegathapattinam and four more in a boat from Kottaipattinam, both in Pudukottai District, have been apprehended along with their boats by the Sri Lankan Navy on the evening of January 30 and taken to Kankesanthurai in Sri Lanka," she added.
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