Chennai, March 26 -- In yet another incident, seven fishermen from Tamil Nadu were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy personnel while they were fishing at Palk Bay near Neduntheevu islet in the high seas early on Thursday, despite Chief Minister M K Stalin time and again writing to the Centre seeking to find a lasting solution to this vexatious issue which has been causing heartburn among the fishing community.
The fishermen, hailing from Rameswaram Island in the southern Ramanathapuram district, had ventured out for sea last night in two boats and were fishing near Neduntheevu when they were apprehended by the Lankan Navy for poaching in their Territorial waters after illegally crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL).
The S...