Fishermen from the Nagapattinam coastal district of Tamil Nadu did not set out to sea today, demanding that the Centre and state governments contain the alleged 'high handed' behaviour of Sri Lankan navalmen who frequently cut their fishing nets and damage their boats.

Officials said Lankan naval personnel had routinely snapped the nets of several fishermen last week when they were fishing in the Palk Straits, which was not the island nation's territory.

The fishermen demanded effective intervention by the Union and state governments to put an end to such high handed behaviour of the Lankan navalmen, they said. (PTI)