Fifteen fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan naval force at mid sea, southeast of the Kodiayakarai coast in Nagapattinam district in the early hours of Tuesday., according to Indian media reports. They went into the sea in two boats on Saturday night, and were returning home early today when they were surrounded by the Sri Lankan naval force who arrested them along with their two boats, official sources told Deccan Chronicle. All of them were detained at Gangesanthurai port in Sri Lanka, the report said.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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