CM Stalin wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar after the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu
Many fishermen in boats had gone to sea from Tamil Nadu. During this, the Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu for fishing near Neduntheevu in Sri Lankan waters. The Sri Lankan Navy took this action this morning when the fishermen were fishing near Neduntheevu in the Palkbey Sea area, three boats of 22 fishermen were also seized.
The Sri Lankan Navy has taken action against 22 fishermen from Tamil Nadu for fishing near Neduntheevu in Sri Lankan waters. 22 fishermen who came to catch fish have been arrested. This information has come from the Rameswaram Fishermen Association. He said that many fishermen in boats had gone to sea from Tamil Nadu on Saturday.
While the fishermen were fishing near Nedundiwu in the Palkbey Sea area, the Sri Lankan Navy reached the area this morning and seized three boats of fishermen from Thangachimadam.
On June 19, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin sent a letter to Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar requesting the immediate release of all fishermen and fishing boats apprehended by Sri Lanka. The Chief Minister stated that four fishermen from his state, who had set out from the Kottaipattinam fishing port in Pudukottai district, were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy off Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.
According to the Chief Minister, such instances have an impact on fishermen's food and cause anxiety and insecurity in the fishing community.
Earlier in April, a total of 19 fishermen from Tamil Nadu were sent to Chennai on an Air India passenger flight from Colombo, Sri Lanka after they were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy on March 6 for allegedly crossing the border.
The 19 fishermen included nine from Mayiladuthurai, four from Pudukottai, and six from Karaikal in Puducherry state. All of them had gone fishing in the sea on two boats on March 6.
