Four of the five fishermen from the district, who were arrested in August and lodged in an Abu Dhabi jail for intruding into the city’s territorial waters while fishing, were released on Wednesday on the intervention of the Government of India. A press release from the office of union minister of state for finance and fishing Pon Radhakrishnan added that they would be returning home by the weekend. The five fishermen Y Jerald Regan, 31, his brother Y Karol Jahin, 26, A John Prabhahar, 40, G Regan Geo Gladwin, 35, all hailing from Kadiyapattinam village and S Jose Stalin, 32, from Midalam village, worked for their employer Jaffer Jubeil in Qatar as fishermen. They ventured into the sea on his mechanised boat ‘Kashwani – 3228’from Vakhra in Qatar and were engaged in deep sea fishing on August 25. The next day they were arrested by the Abu Dhabi Coast Guard for allegedly intruding into their territorial waters. After getting imprisoned at Tarrif in Abu Dhabi, the fishermen were allowed to contact their friend Probin who was also working with them in Qatar and inform him about their detention. Probin informed their families in Kanyakumari of their arrest. Meanwhile, an Abu Dhabi court awarded one month imprisonment for the five and slapped a fine of 4,000 Riyals (Rs 70,000) on each fisherman. Unable to pay the fine, they continued to remain in the prison, despite serving the month-long imprisonment. Their helpless families brought the issue to the notice of Pon Radhakrishnan a few days ago, after which efforts for their release picked up speed. The minister brought the issue to the notice of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. On her direction, the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi got into the act and got Karol Jahin, John Prabhahar, Regan Geo Gladwin and Jose Stalin released from the prison on Wednesday. In his statement, Radhakrishnan said that the Government of India had got tickets for the released people to return home. Efforts were on for the safe and speedy release of the fifth fisherman (Jerald Regan) too.