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Madurai: Chief minister M K Stalin has written to Union minister of external affairs S Jaishankar requesting to take diplomatic measures to secure the.
25 Indian fishermen, who were fishing in international waters, were detained by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their two trawlers, off Point Pedro town in Sri Lanka.
A total of 33 Indian trawlers and 220 Indian fishermen have been apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy in 2023 till now, the statement added.
As per the Sri Lankan Navy, the detained fishermen were reportedly engaged in 'illegal poaching' and were apprehended following a special operation.
The Sri Lanka Navy detained two Indian dhows and arrested 22 fishermen engaged in poaching activities in Sri Lakan waters off the coast of Point Pedro. The Northern Naval Command deployed its Fast Attack Craft to chase away a cluster of Indian poaching trawlers, after having spotted them engaging i