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Govt releases 69 Tamil Nadu fishermen
The Jaffna and Vavunia magistrate courts on Thursday ordered the release of 69 Tamil Nadu fishermen lodged in prisons, an official said.
The fishermen, arrested on various occasions on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) by the Sri Lankan Navy, would be brought back here after completing necessary formalities, Manikandan, Assistant Director of Fisheries Department said.
A Sri Lankan court had on Wednesday released 20 fishermen, arrested on January and February this year on charges of poaching into the island nation's waters, and they were handed over to the Indian Coast Guard at the IMBL by the Lankan authorities. (PTI)
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