Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Slams Sri Lankan Navy Over 4 Indian Fishermen’s Death
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Slams Sri Lankan Navy Over Fishermen’s Death. (FILE)
Chennai:
Citing info from fishermen that 4 of their group “died due to an attack” by the Sri Lankan Navy, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Ok Palaniswami on Thursday condemned the island nation maritime drive for such acts shattering their livelihood.
To put an finish to such mid-sea incidents, acceptable motion was being taken and his authorities was in contact with the union authorities, he mentioned.
He has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provoke an acceptable inquiry via the Indian High Commission in Colombo into the incident, Mr Palaniswami mentioned, three days after Sri Lanka mentioned an Indian fishing boat sank in its waters following a ”collision” with its Navy vessel.
Condoling the deaths, the Chief Minister, in an official launch, mentioned he has ordered a solatium of Rs 10 lakh every to the households of the 4 fishermen.
He mentioned when 4 fishermen who had set out for fishing from Pudukottai district on January 18 didn’t return, a search operation was undertaken by Indian Coast Guard, a naval ship and helicopter on his course.
“We now have received information through fishermen that the four (missing) fishermen died due to attack by Sri Lankan Navy,” he mentioned in an official launch.
The 4 had ventured into the ocean for fishing in a ship belonging to a person from Thangachimadam close to Rameswaram in Ramanathapuram district, he mentioned, including it was among the many 214 mechanised vessels that had set out for fishing.
Condoling the deaths, the Chief Minister mentioned he has ordered a solatium of Rs 10 lakh to the households of every of the 4 lifeless fishermen.
Mr Palaniswami mentioned he has ordered a job for one member from every of the 4 households in authorities or state-run enterprises and reduction help for the boat affected within the assault.
An official in Rameswaram mentioned our bodies of all of the 4 fishermen have been recovered by Sri Lankan authorities. On Wednesday, our bodies of two fishermen have been recovered.
A protest demonstration was held in Rameswaram on Thursday, condemning the ”assault” and demanding that the federal government take steps to convey again the our bodies of the fishermen.
The Lankan Navy had on Tuesday mentioned it had launched a search and rescue operation for “unknown number of missing fishermen” and the sunken boat.
It had mentioned the Navy items on patrol carried out an operation to grab Indian fishing trawlers ”poaching” in Sri Lankan waters after observing greater than 50 vessels.
As the operation was occurring, one of many Indian fishing trawlers tried to evade the scene, making it collide with a Sri Lankan Navy vessel, it had mentioned.
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