FIVE MORE TN FISHERMEN ARRESTED BY SRI LANKAN NAVY

RAMESWARAM: Five more Tamil Nadu fishermen were today taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy on charges of entering the territorial waters of the island nation. The fishermen from Thangachimadam, who had put out to sea, were apprehended for straying into Lankan territory, Tamil Nadu Fishermen’s Association General secretary N J Bose said. The arrested persons were taken to the Kangesanthurai port, he said. The Sri Lankan Navy had on Saturday arrested 25 fishermen in two separate incidents on charges crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in their territorial waters, drawing angry reaction from Chief Minister K Palaniswami.