24 more Indian fishermen apprehended in Sri Lanka
February 17, 2011 10:24 am
Sri Lankan police have taken 24 Indian fishermen in custody, a day after arresting 112 fishermen belonging to the neighbouring country.
The fishermen were apprehended along with their seven boats and handed over to
the Ilawalai police in northern Jaffna peninsular yesterday by a group of local
fishermen.
On Tuesday, a group of local fishermen had apprehended 112 Indian fishermen
allegedly straying into Sri Lankan waters, triggering protests in Tamil Nadu, where
the fishermen believed to be coming from.
All the 112 fishermen were produced before a Point Pedro Magistrate court in
Jaffna on Wednesday and remanded to judicial custody until February 28.
India last month accused the Sri Lankan Navy of killing at least two Indian
fishermen.
The incident triggered a flurry of diplomatic activity between the two south
Asian neighbours following which foreign secretary Nirupama Rao visited Colombo
to seek assurances to prevent such incidents in future, Times of india reports.
