Sri Lankan Navy arrests three more Rameswaram fishers

RAMANATHAPURAM: The Sri Lankan Navy seized a mechanised fishing boat and arrested three Indian fishermen from Rameswaram for alleged violation of the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) early on Tuesday. The detained fishermen have been remanded in judicial custody till April 1.

Fisheries department sources said over 400 fishing boats from Rameswaram ventured into the sea on Monday. While they were chased away by Sri Lankan patrol units, one boat with three fishermen was caught off Deft Island.

They were handed over to the fisheries inspector of Mailadi, Jaffna, for legal proceedings.