Lankan navy arrests 14 TN fishermen
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Sources said 10 fishermen who ventured into the sea from Pamban in a mechanised boat owned by Seeni were arrested by the Island nation's navy and their boat was seized. The arrested men were N Gurusamy, 39, S Thopiyas, 37, M Bharath, 31, R Mariya Praveen, 31, J Jose Bharathi, 22, A Mathew Kinalatan, 24, J Pillipiyar, 43, A Daniel Raj, 33 and M Mano Santhya, 32.
In a separate incident, four fishermen who set out from Rameswaram in a country boat were arrested and their boat was seized by the Sri Lankan navy as well. The arrested were Mathesh, 20, Vimalraj, 24, Karthi, 18, and Sakthi,18.
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