Sri Lanka navy arrests 12 Tamil Nadu fishermen for ‘poaching’ in its waters – Times of India

TRICHY: Sri Lankan navy arrested 12 Tamil Nadu fishermen and seized their trawler on charges of poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters off Paruthithurai (Point Pedro) in Jaffna district on Sunday.The fishermen, who had set out to sea from Akkaraipettai in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district early on Saturday, were taken to Sri Lanka’s Kankesanthurai harbour…

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Rahul Gandhi writes to EAM Jaishankar about Tamil Nadu fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday wrote a letter to the external affairs minister S Jaishankar urging immediate action to ensure the release of the 37 Tamil fishermen and their boats arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities earlier last week on September 21. “I am writing…

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