Lankan Navy sinks TN fishermen's boat, arrests four

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Press Trust of India Rameswaram (TN)
Last Updated : Nov 29 2018 | 3:20 PM IST

The Sri Lankan Navy allegedly sunk a boat belonging to fishermen hailing from Rameswaram, while they were fishing near Katchateevu and arrested four of them, the police said Thursday.

The naval personnel chased the fishermen away and allegedly rammed their vessel into the fishermen's late Wednesday night and took four of them away to the island nation, they said.

The personnel damaged the fishing nets and took away the GPS equipment, police added.

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First Published: Nov 29 2018 | 3:20 PM IST

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