Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa condemned the arrest of 46 fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy on Wednesday, in another letter to President Narendra Modi.
The Chief Minister urged the Indian premier to secure the immediate release of the men and their boats, according to The Hindu.
“It deeply pains me to have to write to you yet again, bringing to your notice two separate incidents in which 46 Indian fishermen along with 11 boats from Tamil Nadu have been apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy”, she wrote.
She again requested Modi to abrogate the “unconstitutional” Indo-Sri Lankan Agreements of 1974 and 1976 and reiterated her demand for the return of Kachchatheevu, an island in the Gulf of Mannar.
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