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The fishermen from Nagapattinam district were arrested for allegedly fishing close to the island nation’s waters and taken to Karainagar along with their boat, Deputy Director of Fisheries – Karaikal, Perumal Pillai said.
The fishermen were reportedly staying in the deep sea area for the past 10 days and were arrested on a complaint from a local fisherman that they were fishing close to the Lankan territory, he said.
Four fishermen from Tamil Nadu were taken into custody by the Lankan Navy on October 5 while they were fishing off Neduntheevu.