Five Tamil Nadu fishermen were on Sunday arrested by Sri Lankan naval personnel off Nedunthivu in the island nation for allegedly fishing in their territorial waters. About 2,500 fishermen had put out to sea in 619 boats on Saturday, he said, adding the arrested fishermen were among them. The GPS equipment of fishermen were also taken away by the Sri Lankan navy. The Lankan personnel damaged their fishing nets and also took away GPS equipment, Fishermen's Association President S Emiret said. He told reporters that the fishermen were taken early this morning to Kankesanthurai and would later be taken to Jaffna, to be produced at a court there.

Source: dna July 03, 2016 09:11 UTC