Four Lankan fishermen arrested

Rameswaram (TN): Four Sri Lankan fishermen
were arrested by the Indian Navy off this coastal town and
their mechanised boat seized for reportedly crossing into the
Indian territorial waters.
Commander S Agarwal, Officer Incharge, Naval Detachment,
Rameswaram said an Indian naval patrol vessel noticed the boat
moving suspiciously near the Fifth Island inside Indian
territorial waters this morning and arrested the fishermen.
They were brought to the Naval jetty here and would
later be handed over to the Tamil Nadu police for further
questioning, he said.

The fishermen are from Gurunagar town near Jaffna in Sri
Lanka, he added.

PTI