17 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu arrested by Sri Lankan Navy
As many as 17 fishermen, from Thangachimadam near Rameswaram, were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while fishing near the Neduntheevu island in the early hours of Sunday. They had set sail on two boats on Saturday.
According to police sources, the registered boats, belonging to P. Selvam and S. Uyirtharaj, of Thangachimadam, had set out from the fish landing centre at Rameswaram. There were eight fishermen on one boat and nine on the other.