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For allegedly engaging in illicit fishing, the Sri Lanka Navy detains nine Indian fishermen
Off the shore of Delft islet on the northern Jaffna peninsula, the Navy said that the nine fishermen had been captured and their two trawlers had been seized.
According to authorities, the Sri Lankan Navy detained nine Indian fishermen on Tuesday and confiscated their trawlers for allegedly poaching in its territorial seas. This brings the total number of Indian citizens the island nation has detained this year to 261.
Off the shore of Delft islet on the northern Jaffna peninsula, the Navy said that the nine fishermen had been captured and their two trawlers had been seized.
The Navy announced on July 11 that this year, 35 trawlers had been confiscated for poaching and 252 Indian fishermen had been apprehended.
Concerned by the loss of a navy man during an operation to apprehend an Indian trawler suspected of engaging in illicit fishing within the territorial waters of the island country, Sri Lanka expressed its concerns to India earlier this month.
