The Sri Lankan Navy has held a group of 6 Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters, in yet another arrest.
The fishermen, from Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai District, are currently in custody in Kankasanthurai with the arrest coming just days after Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa wrote a letter to the Indian prime minister requesting his intervention.
"It is very unfortunate that the Sri Lankan authorities are persisting with their aggressive and offensive approach of apprehending Indian fishermen and infringing upon their traditional right to pursue their peaceful livelihood of fishing in the Palk Bay," she said in her letter to Narendra Modi.
"The continued incarceration of our fishermen and impounding of their boats in Sri Lanka just as the festive season is beginning is causing great frustration and despondency among the fisherfolk in Tamil Nadu," she added.
The fishermen, from Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai District, are currently in custody in Kankasanthurai with the arrest coming just days after Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa wrote a letter to the Indian prime minister requesting his intervention.
"It is very unfortunate that the Sri Lankan authorities are persisting with their aggressive and offensive approach of apprehending Indian fishermen and infringing upon their traditional right to pursue their peaceful livelihood of fishing in the Palk Bay," she said in her letter to Narendra Modi.
"The continued incarceration of our fishermen and impounding of their boats in Sri Lanka just as the festive season is beginning is causing great frustration and despondency among the fisherfolk in Tamil Nadu," she added.