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The Puducherry portion of the AIADMK has sought the urgent involution of the Union External Minister S. Jaishankar successful persuading the Sri Lankan authorities to merchandise the 12 Tamil fishermen who were taken into custody for alleged trespass.
AIADMK caput A. Anbalagan besides requested the Union Government to negociate with the Sri Lankan Government for uncovering a sustainable solution of the recurring arrests of Tamil fishermen and seizure of their vessels.
Mr. Anbalagan said the fishermen, including 10 from Karaikal, were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday connected the complaint of poaching successful territorial waters disconnected Delft Island successful Jaffna. It was present learnt that they volition beryllium successful jailhouse till October 15, 2025.
Pointing retired that the plea for negotiating the expeditious merchandise of the detainees had besides been raised successful a missive to the Minister by Chief Minister N. Rangasamy, the AIADMK person said fishermen, particularly those surviving successful the coastal areas of Karaikal, Nagapattinam, Vedaranyam person been subjected to torture whenever they spell for fishing. Despite Government of India’s beardown objection and efforts to enactment an extremity to the harassment done discussions with Sri Lankan Government, incidents of apprehension and seizure of boats continued to beryllium frequent.
He condemned the branding of fishermen who were engaged successful their indispensable means of livelihood arsenic poachers and slapped with superior charges. Such acts by Sri Lankan forces demoralised the fishers and made them fearful of going fishing.
The AIADMK person felt that if dialog and persuasion bash not succeed, the Government of India should research the anticipation of taking ineligible recourse successful an due forum truthful that they could beryllium released without delay.
