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Sri Lanka arrests 63 Indian fishermen
Colombo, Dec 03: Sixty-three Indian fishermen were arrested and their 13 trawlers seized overnight by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the island`s territorial waters, officials said today.
Colombo, Dec 03: Sixty-three Indian fishermen were
arrested and their 13 trawlers seized overnight by the Sri
Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the island's territorial
waters, officials said today.
The Lankan Navy's action came on the same day the Tamil
Tiger rebels freed 32 other Indian fishermen they had captured
on Saturday off the island's north-western coast, following
intervention by the Scandinavian truce monitors.
After requests by the Norwegian-led Sri Lanka monitoring
mission, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam yesterday
released the Indian fishermen but continued to hold seven out
of eight trawlers they had captured.
Bureau Report