India has requested consular entry to 34 of its fishermen who have been detained by Bangladeshi authorities this week for allegedly crossing the maritime boundary, ANI reported, citing sources.
Bangladeshi authorities detained 34 fishermen together with two fishing trawlers, FB Jhor and FB Ma Magal Chandi, near Mongla port between July 14 and 15, on fees of allegedly crossing the Worldwide Maritime Boundary Line and fishing inside Bangladesh’s territorial waters, as reported by HT.
Following the incident, the Indian Excessive Fee in Dhaka promptly raised the matter with the Bangladeshi authorities by way of diplomatic channels.
“As quickly as details about the incident was acquired, our Excessive Fee in Bangladesh took up the matter with Bangladeshi authorities by way of diplomatic channels looking for fast consular entry,” ANI reported, citing sources.
Folks conversant in the matter instructed ANI that the Indian facet is continually pursuing the matter for facilitating the secure and early return of all of the fishermen together with their boats.
Earlier on July 13 in Tamil Nadu, seven Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly fishing throughout the maritime border between the 2 nations, Rameswaram Fishermen Affiliation mentioned.
As per the affiliation, at round 5 am, the Sri Lankan Navy apprehended the crew of the fishing boat ‘IND-TN-10-MM-746’, belonging to V Isaac Paul of Rameswaram’s Thangachimadam, on the fees of crossing the worldwide maritime boundary.
The arrested fishermen, recognized as P Tuthar (40) of Thangachimadam Raja Nagar, P Edison (51) of Thangachimadam Walasai Avenue, Shanmugam (50) of Rameswaram TSM Nagar, Sakthivel (47), Jagadish (48), Dalvin Raj (46), and Anbazhagan of Manthope, have been taken to Kankesanthurai port in Sri Lanka for investigation.
In response to the Rameswaram Fishermen Affiliation, a complete of 456 fishing boats had ventured into the ocean on Saturday after acquiring permits from the Rameswaram fishing port.
In a 3rd incident, 4 fishermen from Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district, whom the Sri Lankan Navy rescued after their boat capsized mid-sea, returned safely to their hometown.
In response to officers, the incident occurred on June 25, when the 4 fishermen – N Nambu Prakash (23), N Nambu Gunalan (25), Ok Nambu (24), and S Sathyaraj (24), all residents of Puthuroda within the Rameswaram island space – ventured out to fish within the Gulf of Mannar in a standard nation boat.