Indian fishermen Muthu Muniandi (gray shirt) and Mookiah arrive at Rameswaram after the Sri Lankan Navy handed them over to their Indian counterparts within the early hours of three August 2024. | Picture credit score: L. Balachandar
Sri Lankan Navy personnel handed over two fishermen, Muthu Muniandi and Mookiah, and the mortal stays of fisherman Malaisamy to the Indian Navy close to the Worldwide Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), within the early hours of Saturday.
In one other incident on Saturday, 4 fishermen from Pudukkottai district had been arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy whereas fishing close to Neduntheevu.
The fishermen, recognized as V. Saran, V. Bala, N. Ganesan and Okay. Paramasivam, got down to sea on Saturday and had been arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy at 1.30pm on prices of trespassing.
The Indian Excessive Fee in Colombo and the Consulate Common of India in Jaffna, in cooperation with the Authorities of Sri Lanka, recovered the stays of the deceased fisherman in Jaffna on the evening of two August. Picture: X/@IndiainSL
At round 3 am, Navy officers from the detachment at Rameswaram, accompanied by Marine Police and officers from the Division of Fisheries, acquired the physique of the fisherman, Malaisamy, who had reportedly died after the mechanized boat he was in, with three others, was broken by Sri Lanka Navy personnel close to Neduntheevu islet on Wednesday evening.
The 2 fishermen had been taken again to shore by the Indian Navy ship. INS Bitra.
A pall of gloom descended on fishing villages alongside the coastal space. Malaisamy’s members of the family had been heartbroken.
Sri Lankan Navy officers mentioned the fishermen, when chased, had been arrested and jumped into the ocean. One fisherman, Ramachandran, 64, went lacking. Authorities detained the 2 survivors, Muthu Muniandi and Mookiah, and took them to Kankesanthurai for additional questioning.
Following the intervention of the Union Authorities, Sri Lankan authorities launched the 2 fishermen and handed over Malaisamy’s stays.
Indefinite strike
Fishermen associations in Rameswaram have introduced an indefinite strike demanding that the Union authorities safe the discharge of the 74 detained Tamil Nadu fishermen lodged in Sri Lankan jails. They’ve additionally urged the Centre to take steps to get better the mechanised boats seized since 2018.
The Union authorities ought to organise a high-level assembly between Sri Lankan fishermen from the Northern Province and the Tamil Nadu fishermen delegation, fishermen leaders mentioned. Solely with talks between the fishermen of the 2 nations may there be an amicable answer to the problem, mentioned fishermen chief PR Sesu Raja. The Hindu.
“We now have been fishing in Katchatheevu islet for a number of many years. We needs to be allowed to proceed fishing within the area with out interruption,” he added.
In the meantime, the boat of the 4 Pudukottai fishermen who had been arrested was seized and brought to the Kankesanthurai naval base in Sri Lanka.
