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Sri Lanka Navy again accused of attacking Tamil Nadu fishermen
Wednesday, 27 June 2012 - 10:55 AM SL Time
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Indian fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu state of India have again accused the Sri Lanka Navy of attacking them when they fishing at mid-sea off Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu.
According to a report in Indian media Indian Fisheries Department officials have alleged that three Sri Lankan naval boats surrounded the fishermen while they were fishing in mid-sea on Monday night and beat them up, injuring 30 of them.
The Sri Lankan naval personnel have allegedly thrown stones at their boats damaging them and taken their catch away.
Fisheries Department officials citing the fishermen have said that Sri Lankan naval personnel snapped off the nets of 20 boats and thrown into the sea.
Officials and fishermen association president Sesuraja Emerit has alleged that the Lankan Navy has violated all human rights laws when they attacked the boats.
Large scale illegal poaching by Indian fishermen mainly from Tamil Nadu with trawlers in Sri Lanka`s waters has become a serious threat to the livelihoods of Sri Lankan fishermen.
Sri Lanka Navy says it conducts routine patrols and apprehends poachers detected illegally fishing in Sri Lankan Waters in order to protect the country`s fisheries resources.
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