Lanka court remands Indian fishermen to custody till Sep 30

Nineteen Indian fishermen arrested by the Sri Lanka Navy were today remanded to custody till September 30 by a court.

The fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy when they were allegedly fishing in the Palk Strait.

The navy had also seized their five trawlers off the coast of Karainagar in the northern Jaffna peninsula.

The fishermen were produced in a magistrate's court in the Jaffna islet of Kayts and remanded to custody till September 30, the navy said.