Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the arrest of fishermen from Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy and sought for immediate measures to ensure their release.
“I wish to bring to your immediate attention the repeated instances of intimidation and attack on fishermen from Tamil Nadu by the Sri Lankan Navy. Today, yet another incident has been reported and twelve fishermen from Rameswaram have been apprehended. Such incidents are happening with alarming regularity, causing deep distress to the people of Tamil Nadu,” he said in the letter.
The fishermen had ventured out for fishing from Rameswaram base in two mechanised fishing boats on 12. 02. 2022. They were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy in the early hours of 13. 02. 2022 and taken to Talaimannar. This is the third such incident in two weeks and 41 fishermen, six fishing boats are in their Navy’s custody, Mr. Stalin noted.
