Protests amid alleged torture of fishers Updated: Updated: ARIF says pictures of bodies show signs of assault; protesters want post-mortem done in India Share Article AAA ARIF says pictures of bodies show signs of assault; protesters want post-mortem done in India Scores of fishermen blocked the road in the coastal town of Kottaipattinam in Pudukottai district on Thursday in the wake of bodies of fishermen, suspected to be of those reported missing from Tamil Nadu, being found in Sri Lanka. The Alliance for the Release of Innocent Fishermen (ARIF) alleged that the Sri Lankan Navy had beaten up the four fishermen to death.