Sri Lankan court releases six Indian fishermen

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Colombo, Feb 07 - A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday released six Indian fishermen who were arrested on Jan 22 on charges of poaching in the territorial waters of the island nation.

The released fishermen were handed over to the Indian consulate general office in Jaffna.

Isaac, 47, Sisarian, 43, Samathana Babu, 38, Easter Arockiadas, 34, Nishanthan, 34, and Murugesan sailed from the Rameswaram fishing jetty on two boats.

The Sri Lankan navy detained them.

The fishermen were booked for trespassing, poaching and using banned fishing nets in Sri Lankan waters. They were produced before the Sri Lankan court at Oorkavalthurai and remanded in judicial custody till Feb 6.

When they were produced before the court on Tuesday, judge ordered their release on the condition that they should not enter Sri Lankan waters failing which they would be imprisoned. The judge ordered nationalisation of their fishing crafts and the fishing gear.

Meanwhile, Rameswaram fishermen went on strike on Monday after 23 fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy on Feb 3. They demanded that the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre secure the release of 23 fishermen and 150 boats in Sri Lankan custody.

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VJ Wednesday, 07 February 2024 01:44 PM

When will this violation of our waters stop? Until we achieve that end, we should confiscate their trawlers and their fishing gear. Repeated financial losses could deter further intrusion by the Tamilnadu fishermen into our territorial waters.

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B P Wednesday, 07 February 2024 02:38 PM

They want be caught at all, when AnuraKumara becomes the President

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Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 07 February 2024 06:48 PM

People talk about India giving us 4B credit line but the real objective of that transaction is becoming clear now. Indians have been stealing our fish for several decades. The economic loss from such thefts would amount to way above 4B. India supported creation of LTTE initially , the economic cost of subsequent civil war may be 40B. India has been pushing their low quality goods on us and the economic damage from such goods amounts to well in excess of 4B. Indians are forcing the government to sell our assets to them and there is a huge economic impact from that. They also pushed some agreement to allow Indians to work in Sri Lanka which resulted in hundreds of thousands of Indians working here while only a handful of Sri Lankans are able to work in India. JvP has been cultivating an anti India campaign but now its leader has changed the attitude after sensing the taste of potential power.

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