Rameswaram (TN): Eight Tamil Nadu fishermen
were today arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were
allegedly fishing near Neduntheevu in the island nation's
waters.
The fishermen from Akarapettai in Nagapattinam district,
who put out to sea in a mechanised boat, were arrested on
charges of poaching fish in Lanka's territorial waters,
Assistant Director of Fisheries Department - Nagapattinam
Gangadhar said.