Sri Lanka Coast Guard facilitated the repatriation of 20 Indian fishermen who had been taken into custody for trespassing into the Sri Lankan territorial waters and engaging in illegal fishing activities.Ater legal procedure, they were released by the courts recently.
According to the Navy, a Sri Lanka Coast Guard’s Patrol was deployed for the repatriation mission. The repatriated Indian fishermen were handed over to the Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Ameya’ at the International Maritime Boundary Line north of Kankesanthurai this afternoon.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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