Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday wrote a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, requesting him to ensure the release of 16 fishermen arrested by Sri Lanka along with the seizure of their boats. The fishermen, who ventured for fishing from the Rameswaram fish landing centre, were apprehended near Neduntheevu by Lankan authorities, CM Stalin said in his letter. In the letter, the Tamil Nadu CM said, “I would like to inform you that the Sri Lankan Navy has apprehended 16 fishermen hailing from Rameshwaram with their two boats”.
