Navy rescues a group of distressed Indian fishermen at sea
Sri Lanka Navy has commenced a dedicated rescue mission to locate a group of distressed Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan territorial waters. Eight (08) fishermen have been rescued as of now and the Navy is continuing a search operation in the sea area further. The rescued fishermen were handed over to the Jaffna Fisheries Inspector for further investigation, after they were administered first aid.
The Navy spotted over 500 Indian trawlers poaching in Sri Lankan territorial waters, close to the Delft Island, last night (12th January) and seized 02 trawlers and arrested 09 Indian fishers who trespassed on Sri Lankan territorial waters.
Rest of the fishing vessels had escaped back to the Indian waters. However, it is suspected that this unfortunate incident has happened due to rough sea condition prevailed in the area.
