Sri Lankan Navy detains 21 more Rameswaram fishermen on poaching charges; 64 fishers from Ramanathapuram arrested in a fortnight
The Hindu
In less than a fortnight, 64 fishermen from Rameswaram, Thangachimadam and Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district were detained in three different incidents by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of poaching
In less than a fortnight, 64 fishermen from Rameswaram, Thangachimadam and Mandapam in Ramanathapuram district were detained in three different incidents by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel on charges of poaching, said fishermen leader P. Jesu Raja on Sunday.
He said that on October 13, 27 fishermen were arrested even as they were fishing within the Indian waters. However, claiming that the fishermen had crossed the IMBL, the Lankan Navy had arrested them and impounded five of their boats then.
Condemning the arrest, the fishermen had announced to go on an indefinite strike from October 14.
Under such circumstances, a few fishermen from the coastal habitations had appealed to the associations stating that they may be permitted to venture into the sea due to livelihood issues.
On October 27, the Fisheries department had issued 463 tokens to the fishermen. However, on October 28, the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 16 fishermen near Talaimannar and Dhanuskodi and impounded two of their boats under charges of crossing the IMBL.
Within a span of about an hour, the Sri Lankan Navy personnel again detained another 21 fishermen near Neduntheevu and had taken them to Kankesanthurai Navy port late in the night with three boats.
The fishermen leader N.J. Bose said that the fishermen are being taken to task for no fault of theirs by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel. Fishing in Palk Bay has become a high risk and highly insecure. “Under some pretext or the other, the SL Naval authorities held the fishermen from TN,” he charged.
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