SLN helps repatriate 27 Indian fishermen

The Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) on Friday escorted the 27 Tamil Nadu fishermen, who were released by the Trincomalee court following their arrest earlier this week, and handed them over to the Indian Coast Guard.

Two Sri Lanka naval vessels of the Eastern Naval Command had escorted the fishermen along with their four fishing boats and handed them over to the Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Abbakka at the International Maritime Boundary Line off Point Pedro yesterday.

The Navy arrested the 27 Indian fishermen when they were poaching in the Mullaitivu coast on December 23 and seized their four fishing vessels.