CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin urged Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to initiate diplomatic efforts through appropriate channels to secure the early release of all the fishermen from the State, arrested by the Sri Lankan authorities, along with their fishing boats. In his letter to Jaishankar on Thursday, Stalin said, ‘As of now, 102 fishermen and 210 fishing boats are still under the custody of the Sri Lankan authorities’ and added that 10 Indian fishermen were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on January 8, along with their Karaikal based mechanized fishing boat bearing registration No: IND-PY-PK-1478. Out of the 10 fishermen apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy, 6 fishermen belong to Tamil Nadu (5 from Mayiladuthurai District and one from Nagapattinam District), he said. ‘As you are aware, the fishermen are solely dependent on fishing for livelihood and their apprehension by the Sri Lankan Navy would cause immense distress to their families, he said.
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