Seven TN fishermen held by Sri Lankan Navy

Rameswaram: Seven Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for fishing in their territorial waters today, a fisheries official said.

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The fishermen from Mandapam near here were fishing at Neduntheevu, close to the island nation's coast and taken to Kangesanthurai port there, Assistant Director of Fisheries, Gopinath said.

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Two boats used by them were also impounded by the navalmen, he added.

This is the third instance of arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Lankan Navy this month.

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The Tamil Nadu government has maintained that the retrieval of Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Sri Lanka in the 1970s, was the "only solution" to the vexed fishermen's issue.

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