The Puducherry government on Tuesday assured that it would seek the Centre`s intervention to secure the release of six fishermen, arrested recently by the Sri Lankan Navy on drug trafficking charges, Indian media reported.
The assurance was given by the Puducherry Agriculture Minister R Kamalakannan when he met the fishermen of 11 hamlets who are on an indefinite strike since April 3, condemning the arrest of their colleagues.
Chief Minister V Narayanasamy had already urged the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka to take steps to secure the release of the innocent fishermen, he said and appealed to the protesters to suspend their agitation and resume fishing.
"The Chief Minister has now proceeded to New Delhi...He has planned to meet the Prime Minister and the External Affairs Minister and will take up this issue with them," he was quoted as telling the family members of the arrested fishermen, according to the NYOOOZ website.
On April 2, the Sri Lankan Navy had arrested six Karaikal fishermen off Neduntheevu in Sri Lanka for allegedly possessing 13.5 kg of cocaine valued at over Rs 16 crore.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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