Sri Lankan court orders release of 30 Indian fishermen

Mangalore Today/CNN-IBN

Rameswaram, May 8: A Sri Lankan court on Wednesday ordered release of 30 fishermen from here, arrested in April by Island Navy on charges of poaching, according to Fishermen Association sources here.

 

President of Pamban Fishermen’s Association Arulanandam said they have received a communication stating that a court in Mannar has ordered the release of the

fishermen, arrested on April 6 while fishing near Katchatheevu.

Magistrate of the court Aananthi Kanagaraj had also ordered for returning of their seized boats, he said.