A total of 42 fishermen hailing from Tamil Nadu were released from the prisons in Sri Lanka and are expected to reach home in about four days, said fishermen association leader P. Jesu Raja on November 13.
In three different incidents in October, the Sri Lankan Navy personnel had arrested 64 fishermen and impounded 10 of their mechanised boats on charges of poaching. The incident had drawn protest from fishermen associations, who had undertaken an indefinite strike from October 14. The strike was withdrawn within a week following assurances of intervention from the central and state governments.
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