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Sri Lankan Naval Guards Arrests 4 Boats, Violating Boundries ,With 20 Fishermen

(Rameswaram,TN)Sri Lankan Naval Guards Arrests Violating Boundries 20 Indian Fishermen
Twenty fishermen were arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel on charges of allegedly violating the International Maritime Boundary Line this morning.
As per Assistant Director of Fisheries Department Gopinath Their four boats were also taken into custody,
Eleven of the fishermen belonging to Rameswaram were arrested near Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Sri Lanka by India in 1974 and they were taken to Talaimannar,
Other fishermen, hailing from Jagadapattinam in Pudukottai district, were arrested near the Sri Lankan coast and taken to Kangesanthurai,
He said a boat had sunk near Katchatheevu and six fishermen in it were rescued by other fishermen and brought here.