Tag: Sri Lankan Navy Arrests Indian Fishermen

Chennai: Seven Indian fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan navy on Sunday for allegedly poaching in the island nation’s waters, officials said. Fishermen from Rameswaram and nearby places were near the Katchatheevu island – handed over to Sri Lanka by India several years back – when a Sri Lankan navy patrol arrested seven Indian fishermen […]

Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested at least 54 Indian fishermen and seized five trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country’s territorial waters, an official statement said here on Thursday. The Navy arrested the fishermen on Wednesday off the coast of northern and northeastern areas. Having considered the impact of foreign fishermen poaching in […]