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A day after the arrest of Tamil Nadu fishermen by Sri Lankan Navy, CM Jayalalithaa on Monday urged PM Narendra Modi to take steps for securing the immediate release of all 64 fishermen and 77 boats in Lankan custody.
Stating that the apprehension of Tamil Nadu fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy continued unabated, she said 29 fishermen and their four fishing boats were apprehended by them in early hours of Sunday in two separate incidents.
In the first incident, nine fishermen on board a mechanised fishing boat, from the Rameswaram fishing base, were apprehended and taken to Thalaimannar in the neighbouring country.
Fifteen fishermen on board two boats and five others on board another boat from Threspuram in Tuticorin District were taken into custody and taken to Kalpitiya, in Sri Lanka, she said.
She reiterated that India’s sovereignty over Katchatheevu, an islet in the Palk Strait ceded to Sri Lanka in 1974, should be restored.
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