Chennai: Eight fishermen from Rameswaram were arrested and a mechanised boat was seized by the Sri Lankan Navy off the Ramanathapuram coast, police said on Sunday.
According to reports, the eight fishermen were R Ramesh(40), R Rodic (18), C Ajith (25), Columbus (52), R Iman (22), Y Linson (23), A Pavuthi(19) and Isrel. Nearly 3,000 fishermen, including these eight, went fishing on 540 mechanised boats on Saturday night.
Tamilnadu and Puducherry Fishermen Federation advisor and Rameswaram Fishermen Association president N Devadass pointed out that earlier, fishermen used to get arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy once in six months or more, but now, it has become common.