The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 35 fishermen from Pamban in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters. The incident occurred on Thursday with the Navy also seizing four country boats that the fishermen had used reportedly for violating the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).
Later, the arrested fishermen were produced before Puthalam court and remanded to custody till August 21.
According to a senior official from the fisheries department, the fishermen were apprehended in the northwestern seas of Sri Lanka, south of Mannar, while they were reportedly engaged in fishing activities within Sri Lankan waters. The detained fishermen were subsequently handed over to Kalpitiya fisheries officials for further action, according to a report on PTI.
This arrest comes just after a Sri Lankan court had ordered the release of 13 other Tamil Nadu fishermen who had been detained earlier.