Sailor’s funeral held amidst large gathering

The funeral of a sailor of the Sri Lanka Navy, who succumbed after suffering critical injuries due to the aggressive maneuvers of an Indian trawler, resisting its seizure in the seas off Kankasanthurai within Sri Lankan waters, was held with the participation of a large crowd with full honours of the Navy, at Ibbagamuwa yesterday. Fisheries Minister Douglas Devananda and Northern Rural Maritime Association members also attended the funeral.