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“At slightest 30 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026) and are presently connected their mode backmost home,” authorities said.
"30 Indian fishermen were repatriated from Sri Lanka contiguous and are connected their mode home,” the Indian High Commission successful Colombo said successful a station connected X.
According to the Sri Lanka Navy, till April 2026, 15 trawlers and 102 Indian fishermen person been arrested by the Navy.
“In 2025, immoderate 346 fishermen had been arrested successful 44 trawlers portion poaching successful Sri Lankan waters,” the Navy said.
The Navy spokesperson Commander Buddika Sampath told PTI helium was not definite which batch of detentions the 30 fishermen were from. "It depends connected the tribunal procedure," helium added.
The fishermen contented is simply a contentious 1 successful the ties betwixt India and Sri Lanka, with Lankan Navy unit adjacent firing astatine Indian fishermen successful the Palk Strait and seizing their boats successful respective alleged incidents of illegally entering Sri Lankan territorial waters.
The Palk Strait, a constrictive portion of h2o separating Tamil Nadu from Sri Lanka, is simply a affluent sportfishing crushed for fishermen from some countries.
Fishermen from some countries are arrested often for inadvertently trespassing into each other's waters.
